The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 20, 2008
Waning Crescent
41.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:18 AM
1:31 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.4%
- Age
- 22.7 days
- Distance
- 382,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 1062
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 | 280.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.5° / 263.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 38m / 6.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 158.76° / -2.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.60° / 3.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -92.74° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.