The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 20, 2185
Waning Crescent
2.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:44 AM
4:49 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.0%
- Age
- 28.3 days
- Distance
- 401,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 3251
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 344.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 163.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.5° / 192.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 50m / -11.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 223.43° / 5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.18° / -5.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -160.49° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 122.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.