The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 12, 2020
Waning Crescent
9.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:48 AM
4:05 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.4%
- Age
- 26.9 days
- Distance
- 360,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1210
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 324.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.2° / 218.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 04m / -1.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 195.35° / 4.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.07° / -5.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -147.52° / 0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 118.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.