The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 26, 1946
Waxing Crescent
7.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:09 AM
7:18 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.8%
- Age
- 3.0 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 296
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Nov 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 32.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 147.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.0° / 143.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 27m / -25.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 276.06° / -2.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.63° / 3.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 145.75° / 0.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.