The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 26, 1987
Waxing Crescent
35.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:42 PM
10:56 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.3%
- Age
- 5.4 days
- Distance
- 368,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 803
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 | 72.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.5° / 109.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 21m / -19.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 316.61° / -3.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.67° / 5.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 109.19° / -1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.