The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 20, 2026
Waxing Gibbous
80.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:35 PM
2:43 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.7%
- Age
- 11.4 days
- Distance
- 379,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1285
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Neptune, and Saturn gathered
All within 6.6° of each other in the sky.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
20° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Nov 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 127.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.5° / 55.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 17m / 5.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 6.19° / 3.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.92° / -3.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 44.99° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.