The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 20, 2009
Waxing Crescent
14.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:54 AM
8:23 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.4%
- Age
- 3.9 days
- Distance
- 402,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1075
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 | 44.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 135.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.0° / 132.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 57m / -23.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 283.08° / -0.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.59° / 1.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 137.39° / -1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.