The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 20, 2058
Waxing Crescent
24.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:08 PM
9:32 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.8%
- Age
- 4.6 days
- Distance
- 369,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1681
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,200 km.
Exact values
For Nov 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 59.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.5° / 121.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 05m / -24.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 298.16° / -4.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.37° / 6.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 119.51° / 0.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.