The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 20, 2105
Waxing Gibbous
98.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:20 PM
5:49 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.0%
- Age
- 13.9 days
- Distance
- 359,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2262
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
20° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 163.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.5° / 14.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 36m / 16.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 41.94° / 1.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.17° / -0.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 13.15° / 0.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.