The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 20, 2014
Waning Crescent
3.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:16 AM
4:15 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.7%
- Age
- 27.8 days
- Distance
- 388,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1136
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 | 337.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.8° / 200.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 17m / -12.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 216.15° / 1.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.98° / -1.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -162.80° / 0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.