The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 26, 1938
Waxing Crescent
19.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:55 AM
9:25 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.6%
- Age
- 4.7 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 197
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,300 km.
Exact values
For Nov 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 52.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.0° / 122.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 48m / -16.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 296.06° / 4.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.09° / -5.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 127.08° / 0.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.