The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 20, 1982
Waxing Crescent
22.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:42 AM
9:15 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.1%
- Age
- 5.1 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 741
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,400 km.
Exact values
For Nov 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 55.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 123.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.2° / 123.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 45m / -23.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 293.95° / -1.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.01° / 2.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 122.53° / 0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.