The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, November 26, 2012
Waxing Gibbous
96.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:00 PM
5:38 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.8%
- Age
- 12.8 days
- Distance
- 404,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1112
Events on this date
-
Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 159.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.2° / 18.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 46m / 17.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 44.25° / 1.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.81° / -0.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 23.38° / 0.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.