The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 20, 1990
Waxing Crescent
9.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:25 AM
7:34 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.7%
- Age
- 3.3 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 840
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 36.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 143.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.3° / 140.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 18m / -25.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 274.17° / -2.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.14° / 3.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 141.19° / -1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.