The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 20, 2025
New Moon
0.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:58 AM
5:05 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 0.4 days
- Distance
- 406,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1273
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Nov 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 4.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.2° / 171.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 01m / -25.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 243.25° / -4.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.41° / 7.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 174.73° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 330.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.