The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 20, 2018
Waxing Gibbous
92.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:05 PM
4:16 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.3%
- Age
- 13.0 days
- Distance
- 384,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1186
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 147.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 32.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.3° / 33.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 45m / 5.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 26.28° / -5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.51° / 7.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 26.41° / 1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 239.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.