The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 26, 1974
Waxing Gibbous
90.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:05 PM
4:17 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.3%
- Age
- 12.7 days
- Distance
- 388,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 642
Events on this date
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Venus and Neptune close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 143.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.4° / 36.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 38m / 14.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 27.80° / 3.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.07° / -3.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 30.94° / -0.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.