The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 26, 1995
Waxing Crescent
22.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:08 AM
9:51 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.6%
- Age
- 4.1 days
- Distance
- 365,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 902
Events on this date
-
Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
-
Moon, Neptune, and Uranus gathered
All within 5.8° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 56.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 123.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.0° / 118.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 06m / -15.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 300.45° / 5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.02° / -5.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 127.85° / 0.95° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.