The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 25, 1971
First Quarter
50.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
1:02 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 50.3%
- Age
- 7.6 days
- Distance
- 374,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 605
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
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Neptune behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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Saturn at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Nov 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 90.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 89.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 50.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.0° / 91.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 17m / -8.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 332.98° / 2.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.12° / -1.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 84.11° / -1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.