The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 25, 1972
Waning Gibbous
71.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:28 PM
11:50 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.2%
- Age
- 19.7 days
- Distance
- 374,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 617
Events on this date
-
Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Nov 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 245.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.8° / 292.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 42m / 16.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 128.57° / -1.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.88° / 3.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -57.41° / -1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.