The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, November 16, 2020
Waxing Crescent
3.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:57 AM
6:37 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.3%
- Age
- 1.5 days
- Distance
- 362,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1211
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Nov 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 20.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.2° / 153.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 58m / -22.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 255.68° / 0.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.03° / 0.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 163.67° / 0.66° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.