The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 19, 1980
Waxing Gibbous
90.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:55 PM
3:51 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.3%
- Age
- 11.8 days
- Distance
- 360,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 716
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
20° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Nov 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 143.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.8° / 38.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 26m / 4.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 21.32° / -4.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.10° / 6.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 34.00° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 240.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.