The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 26, 2005
Waning Crescent
24.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:10 AM
2:25 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.7%
- Age
- 24.6 days
- Distance
- 396,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1025
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 | 300.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.8° / 242.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 20m / -1.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 185.10° / 0.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.55° / -0.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -124.71° / -1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.3° |
| 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.