The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 26, 1959
Waning Crescent
18.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:52 AM
2:50 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.4%
- Age
- 25.8 days
- Distance
- 369,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 456
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 309.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.0° / 233.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 49m / -4.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 192.95° / 0.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.84° / -0.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -135.76° / 1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.