The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 26, 1916
Waxing Crescent
2.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:05 AM
6:16 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.5%
- Age
- 1.3 days
- Distance
- 365,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -75
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 18.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 161.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.7° / 156.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 26m / -25.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 262.24° / -2.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.55° / 4.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 159.86° / -1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.