The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 20, 2063
New Moon
0.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:03 AM
5:10 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 0.5 days
- Distance
- 376,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1743
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.
Exact values
For Nov 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 5.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.7° / 170.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 05m / -25.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 244.23° / -4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.45° / 7.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 179.30° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 324.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.