The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 20, 2024
Waning Gibbous
72.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:50 PM
12:19 PM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.9%
- Age
- 19.2 days
- Distance
- 386,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1260
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 242.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.6° / 299.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 20m / 24.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 121.71° / 4.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.74° / -5.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -55.51° / -1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.