The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, November 20, 2017
Waxing Crescent
4.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:04 AM
7:07 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.6%
- Age
- 2.2 days
- Distance
- 405,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1174
Events on this date
-
Mercury, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 7.4° of each other in the sky.
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 24.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.6° / 148.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 30m / -19.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 262.97° / 4.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.97° / -4.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 156.05° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.