The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 26, 1971
Waxing Gibbous
61.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:28 PM
12:38 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.4%
- Age
- 8.6 days
- Distance
- 370,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 605
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 103.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.9° / 78.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 07m / -2.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 346.90° / 3.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.44° / -3.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 71.95° / -1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.