The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 20, 2010
Waxing Gibbous
98.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:19 PM
6:21 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.8%
- Age
- 14.5 days
- Distance
- 391,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1087
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 167.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.5° / 9.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 50m / 20.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 46.21° / 3.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.27° / -4.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 7.83° / -0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.