The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 26, 1927
Waxing Crescent
4.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:33 AM
6:52 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.9%
- Age
- 2.3 days
- Distance
- 396,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 61
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
20° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Nov 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 25.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.2° / 149.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 55m / -24.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 268.96° / -0.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.53° / 1.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 149.55° / 0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.