The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 20, 1988
Waxing Gibbous
88.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:07 PM
3:48 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.6%
- Age
- 11.1 days
- Distance
- 366,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 815
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 366,500 km.
Exact values
For Nov 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 140.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.3° / 41.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 06m / 10.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 19.12° / 3.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.13° / -3.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 40.45° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.