The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 20, 2015
Waxing Gibbous
66.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:01 PM
12:59 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.1%
- Age
- 9.0 days
- Distance
- 368,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1149
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 | 108.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.9° / 75.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 10m / -4.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 346.75° / 1.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.36° / -0.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 67.39° / 1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.