The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, November 26, 2018
Waning Gibbous
84.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:46 PM
10:50 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.6%
- Age
- 19.0 days
- Distance
- 366,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1186
Events on this date
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Jupiter behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 366,600 km.
Exact values
For Nov 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 226.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.8° / 309.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 29m / 21.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 110.66° / -0.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.70° / 1.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -46.40° / 1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.