The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 20, 2160
Last Quarter
53.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:43 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.1%
- Age
- 22.3 days
- Distance
- 370,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2942
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 370,200 km.
Exact values
For Nov 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 266.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 86.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.3° / 273.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 44m / 8.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 145.52° / -5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.73° / 7.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -86.64° / -0.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.