The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 25, 1998
Waxing Crescent
36.4% 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
12:25 PM
11:07 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.4%
- Age
- 6.5 days
- Distance
- 385,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 939
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Nov 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 74.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.7° / 105.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 18m / -14.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 317.25° / 0.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.40° / -0.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 98.93° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.2° |
| 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.