The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 25, 2020
Waxing Gibbous
81.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:07 PM
2:46 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.4%
- Age
- 10.5 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1211
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 128.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.7° / 55.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 55m / 0.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 12.87° / -4.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.47° / 7.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 54.10° / 0.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 242.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.