The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 25, 1926
Waning Gibbous
65.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:49 PM
12:39 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.1%
- Age
- 20.1 days
- Distance
- 399,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 48
Events on this date
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Mercury, Saturn, and Venus gathered
All within 4.6° of each other in the sky.
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Nov 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 252.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.2° / 289.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 15m / 19.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 135.21° / 3.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.40° / -3.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -68.42° / 0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.