The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, November 26, 2001
Waxing Gibbous
82.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:12 PM
2:56 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.7%
- Age
- 11.4 days
- Distance
- 398,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 976
Events on this date
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Mars and Uranus close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 130.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.2° / 52.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 05m / 1.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 15.49° / -4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.91° / 7.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 45.75° / 0.67° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 242.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.