The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 26, 1954
Waxing Crescent
1.3% 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
8:36 AM
5:55 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.3%
- Age
- 1.2 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 395
Events on this date
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Mercury, Saturn, and Venus gathered
All within 3.5° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 12.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 166.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.5° / 161.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 02m / -24.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 256.83° / -1.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.27° / 3.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 164.42° / -0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.