The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 20, 1976
Waning Crescent
1.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:02 AM
4:40 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.3%
- Age
- 28.5 days
- Distance
- 357,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 666
Events on this date
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,500 km.
Exact values
For Nov 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 346.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 166.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.2° / 190.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 53m / -15.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 225.41° / 1.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.39° / -0.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -167.38° / 0.67° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.