The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 20, 1986
Waning Gibbous
84.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:11 PM
11:20 AM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.7%
- Age
- 18.5 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 790
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Nov 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 225.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.8° / 313.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 03m / 27.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 103.95° / 5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.66° / -5.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -47.94° / -1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.