The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 26, 1957
Waxing Crescent
26.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:24 AM
10:12 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.3%
- Age
- 5.0 days
- Distance
- 396,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 432
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 | 61.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 118.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.6° / 114.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 26m / -13.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 305.57° / 5.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.27° / -6.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 123.26° / 0.66° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.