The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 20, 2106
Waning Crescent
23.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:15 AM
2:21 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.5%
- Age
- 24.8 days
- Distance
- 381,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2274
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 302.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 121.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.7° / 241.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 55m / -3.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 180.15° / -3.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.56° / 5.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -116.31° / 0.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.9° |
| 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.