The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 26, 1985
Waxing Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:33 PM
6:40 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 14.1 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 778
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 | 171.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.6° / 5.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 31m / 20.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 55.50° / 1.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.45° / -1.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 8.56° / -0.71° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.