The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, November 25, 1946
Waxing Crescent
3.5% 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
9:14 AM
6:31 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.5%
- Age
- 2.0 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 296
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,400 km.
Exact values
For Nov 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 21.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.8° / 153.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 35m / -24.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 264.28° / -1.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.26° / 2.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 157.94° / 0.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.