The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 20, 2016
Waning Gibbous
56.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:48 PM
12:48 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.8%
- Age
- 21.0 days
- Distance
- 384,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1161
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 | 262.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.1° / 279.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 32m / 12.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 141.09° / -1.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.59° / 2.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -74.11° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.