The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 25, 1948
Waning Crescent
29.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:26 AM
2:24 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.8%
- Age
- 24.5 days
- Distance
- 369,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 320
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,200 km.
Exact values
For Nov 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 293.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.1° / 251.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 55m / 3.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 177.31° / 3.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.22° / -3.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -113.32° / -0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.