The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 26, 1940
Waning Crescent
9.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:04 AM
3:29 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.9%
- Age
- 26.8 days
- Distance
- 362,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 221
Events on this date
-
Moon and Venus close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
-
Mars, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 3.7° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 323.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 143.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.2° / 217.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 45m / -9.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 207.70° / 1.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.97° / -1.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -144.15° / 1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.