The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 25, 1978
Waning Crescent
23.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:14 AM
2:32 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.9%
- Age
- 24.9 days
- Distance
- 390,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 691
Events on this date
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Mars and Neptune close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 301.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 121.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.9° / 242.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 19m / -1.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 184.66° / 0.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.21° / -0.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -127.38° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.