The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 26, 1978
Waning Crescent
15.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:14 AM
3:05 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.7%
- Age
- 25.9 days
- Distance
- 385,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 691
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Nov 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 313.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.9° / 229.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 08m / -5.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 197.50° / 2.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.48° / -1.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -139.57° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.