The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 20, 2077
Waxing Crescent
23.9% 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
12:05 PM
9:23 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.9%
- Age
- 5.0 days
- Distance
- 383,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1916
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.9, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For Nov 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 58.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 121.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.0° / 122.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 01m / -25.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 297.33° / -4.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.42° / 6.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 115.69° / 0.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.