The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 20, 2005
Waning Gibbous
78.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:02 PM
11:54 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.7%
- Age
- 18.6 days
- Distance
- 400,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1025
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 | 234.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.9° / 306.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 45m / 26.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 113.37° / 5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.58° / -5.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -51.72° / -1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.