The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 20, 2101
New Moon
0.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:51 AM
4:27 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.6%
- Age
- 28.9 days
- Distance
- 361,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2212
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 | 353.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.2° / 184.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 10m / -22.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 231.28° / -4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.82° / 7.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -176.10° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.