The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 26, 2014
Waxing Crescent
21.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:01 AM
9:39 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.0%
- Age
- 4.2 days
- Distance
- 370,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1137
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 | 54.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.1° / 120.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 59m / -15.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 298.59° / 5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.06° / -5.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 124.04° / 1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.