The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 20, 1987
Waning Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:46 AM
4:31 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 29.0 days
- Distance
- 375,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 802
Events on this date
-
Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 352.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.5° / 184.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 08m / -21.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 230.52° / -3.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.90° / 5.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -177.67° / -1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.