The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 20, 2003
Waning Crescent
15.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:08 AM
3:22 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.0%
- Age
- 26.2 days
- Distance
- 366,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1000
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 | 314.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 134.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.5° / 229.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 52m / -2.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 192.65° / 3.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.84° / -3.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -140.32° / -0.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.