The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 26, 1981
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:17 AM
5:33 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 0.1 days
- Distance
- 406,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 729
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,600 km.
Exact values
For Nov 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 1.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 176.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.5° / 172.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 17m / -17.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 245.42° / 3.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.62° / -4.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 179.29° / 1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 212.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.