The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 20, 1973
Waning Crescent
16.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:13 AM
2:37 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.4%
- Age
- 25.6 days
- Distance
- 388,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 629
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Nov 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 312.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.8° / 229.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 31m / -8.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 190.74° / -5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.00° / 7.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -126.22° / -0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.