The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 20, 1999
Waxing Gibbous
90.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:55 PM
3:52 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.3%
- Age
- 12.5 days
- Distance
- 366,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 951
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 143.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.9° / 38.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 28m / 3.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 21.81° / -4.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.79° / 7.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 30.19° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 240.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.