The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 20, 2004
Waxing Gibbous
65.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:22 PM
12:50 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.9%
- Age
- 8.1 days
- Distance
- 380,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1013
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
22° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Nov 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 108.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.9° / 78.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 19m / -8.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 347.20° / -3.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.76° / 5.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 77.66° / -0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.