The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 26, 2023
Waxing Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:30 PM
6:43 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 13.3 days
- Distance
- 378,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1248
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 171.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.5° / 5.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 31m / 21.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 55.65° / 2.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.46° / -2.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 13.14° / -1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.