The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 25, 1973
Waxing Crescent
0.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:18 AM
5:43 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 0.9 days
- Distance
- 402,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 630
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 9.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.0° / 165.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 46m / -23.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 253.01° / -1.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.89° / 2.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 172.81° / -0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.