The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 25, 1976
Waxing Crescent
21.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:05 AM
9:45 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.9%
- Age
- 4.1 days
- Distance
- 375,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 667
Events on this date
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Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 55.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.5° / 119.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 01m / -15.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 299.14° / 5.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.86° / -5.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 131.64° / 0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.