The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 26, 2006
Waxing Crescent
33.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:31 PM
10:42 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.0%
- Age
- 5.8 days
- Distance
- 376,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1038
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 70.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.7° / 111.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 11m / -19.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 314.31° / -3.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.83° / 4.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 105.40° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.