The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 14, 2020
Waning Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:21 AM
5:10 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 28.9 days
- Distance
- 357,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1210
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,800 km.
Exact values
For Nov 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 352.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.5° / 182.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 56m / -13.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 225.63° / 2.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.17° / -3.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -171.92° / 0.71° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 123.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.