The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, November 23, 2020
Waxing Gibbous
64.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:21 PM
12:48 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.7%
- Age
- 8.5 days
- Distance
- 400,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1211
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 107.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.7° / 79.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 28m / -9.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 348.92° / -5.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.96° / 7.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 78.41° / 0.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.