The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 26, 1963
Waxing Gibbous
75.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:49 PM
1:55 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.1%
- Age
- 10.4 days
- Distance
- 369,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 506
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 120.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.4° / 65.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 22m / -3.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 3.89° / -5.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.11° / 7.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 53.33° / 0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 243.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.