The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 20, 2087
Waning Crescent
17.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:02 AM
2:41 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.7%
- Age
- 25.2 days
- Distance
- 400,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2039
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
-
Jupiter, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 6.2° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 310.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.0° / 232.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 28m / -6.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 189.09° / -3.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.59° / 4.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -124.69° / 0.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.