The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 25, 1938
Waxing Crescent
12.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:17 AM
8:29 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.7%
- Age
- 3.7 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 197
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
22° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Nov 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 41.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 138.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.2° / 131.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 00m / -18.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 284.18° / 4.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.16° / -4.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 139.26° / 0.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.