The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 20, 1993
First Quarter
46.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:42 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.4%
- Age
- 6.8 days
- Distance
- 396,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 877
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Nov 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 85.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 94.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.1° / 94.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 39m / -8.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 324.14° / 5.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.44° / -6.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 100.08° / -0.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.