The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 25, 2006
Waxing Crescent
23.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:57 AM
9:29 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.3%
- Age
- 4.8 days
- Distance
- 379,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1038
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
20° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Nov 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 57.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.1° / 122.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 16m / -23.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 300.74° / -3.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.23° / 5.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 117.57° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.9° |
| 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.