The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 20, 2074
Waxing Crescent
5.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:17 AM
7:10 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.2%
- Age
- 1.8 days
- Distance
- 359,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1879
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 26.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 153.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.3° / 147.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 38m / -20.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 264.86° / 2.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.50° / -2.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 156.83° / 1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.