The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 25, 1981
Waning Crescent
0.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:20 AM
4:59 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.9%
- Age
- 28.9 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 728
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 4.9° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 350.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.8° / 185.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 29m / -14.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 233.57° / 4.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.86° / -5.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -168.52° / 1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 124.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.