The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 20, 2199
Waxing Crescent
7.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:34 AM
7:40 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.3%
- Age
- 2.3 days
- Distance
- 364,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3425
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 364,300 km.
Exact values
For Nov 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 30.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 148.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.2° / 142.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 57m / -19.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 269.39° / 3.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.48° / -4.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 148.07° / 0.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.