The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 20, 2011
Waning Crescent
27.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:49 AM
2:00 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.5%
- Age
- 24.9 days
- Distance
- 367,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1099
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 | 297.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.1° / 246.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 34m / -2.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 175.02° / -5.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.09° / 7.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -121.66° / -0.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.