The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 20, 2083
Waxing Gibbous
88.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:55 PM
3:51 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.0%
- Age
- 10.9 days
- Distance
- 398,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1990
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
22° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Nov 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 139.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.3° / 41.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 00m / 11.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 18.22° / 4.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.63° / -5.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 45.79° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.