The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, November 20, 2006
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:16 AM
4:42 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.5 days
- Distance
- 396,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1037
Events on this date
-
New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
-
Jupiter, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 5.8° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 357.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.7° / 179.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 29m / -23.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 235.69° / -4.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.87° / 6.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 178.53° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 38.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.