The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 20, 1981
Waning Crescent
29.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:26 AM
2:40 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.3%
- Age
- 23.9 days
- Distance
- 393,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 728
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 294.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.1° / 252.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 41m / 6.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 172.96° / 4.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.56° / -4.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -107.57° / 1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.