The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 20, 1980
Waxing Gibbous
96.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:33 PM
5:04 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.2%
- Age
- 12.8 days
- Distance
- 359,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 716
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,200 km.
Exact values
For Nov 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 157.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 22.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.3° / 20.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 23m / 8.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 36.40° / -4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.30° / 7.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 21.86° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 237.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.