The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 20, 2179
Waning Gibbous
65.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:03 PM
12:03 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.5%
- Age
- 21.4 days
- Distance
- 382,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 3177
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 | 252.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.3° / 286.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 46m / 13.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 130.32° / -4.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.00° / 6.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -78.29° / -0.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.