The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 26, 2020
Waxing Gibbous
88.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:30 PM
3:44 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.1%
- Age
- 11.5 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1211
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,900 km.
Exact values
For Nov 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 139.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.3° / 42.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 38m / 5.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 24.72° / -4.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.08° / 6.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 41.95° / 0.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 242.8° |
| 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.