The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 19, 2020
Waxing Crescent
25.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:06 PM
9:36 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.3%
- Age
- 4.5 days
- Distance
- 379,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1211
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
-
Jupiter, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 3.4° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 60.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 119.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.2° / 120.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 04m / -23.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 298.09° / -3.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.93° / 5.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 127.10° / 0.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.