The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 20, 2178
Waxing Gibbous
79.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:23 PM
2:44 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.9%
- Age
- 11.0 days
- Distance
- 401,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3165
Events on this date
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Venus at greatest elongation
47° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Nov 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 126.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.3° / 55.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 11m / 6.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 5.32° / 5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.74° / -5.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 51.09° / -0.74° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.