The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 20, 2060
Waning Crescent
5.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:57 AM
3:50 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.4%
- Age
- 27.3 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1705
Events on this date
-
Moon and Venus close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,300 km.
Exact values
For Nov 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 333.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 153.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.8° / 206.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 01m / -12.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 212.44° / -0.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.46° / 1.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -151.74° / -0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.