The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 20, 2019
Waning Crescent
40.8% 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
12:08 AM
2:07 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.8%
- Age
- 23.6 days
- Distance
- 369,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1198
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 | 280.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.9° / 266.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 49m / 12.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 158.90° / 4.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.83° / -4.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -103.01° / 1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.