The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 26, 1924
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:05 AM
5:35 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.4 days
- Distance
- 358,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 23
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Nov 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 359.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.7° / 173.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 12m / -16.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 244.03° / 4.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.38° / -5.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 178.51° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 191.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.