The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, November 20, 2023
First Quarter
53.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
1:48 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.1%
- Age
- 7.3 days
- Distance
- 370,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1248
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 93.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 86.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.2° / 93.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 20m / -14.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 331.48° / -4.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.12° / 6.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 86.01° / -0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.