The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 20, 1997
Waning Gibbous
62.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:14 PM
12:24 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.4%
- Age
- 20.3 days
- Distance
- 397,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 926
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 | 255.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.8° / 284.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 03m / 13.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 134.15° / -2.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.85° / 4.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -70.32° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.