The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 20, 2142
Waxing Crescent
9.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:03 AM
7:57 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.8%
- Age
- 3.1 days
- Distance
- 397,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2720
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Nov 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 36.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 143.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.5° / 137.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 20m / -20.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 274.64° / 2.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.19° / -3.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 147.30° / -0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.