The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 26, 2024
Waning Crescent
18.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:01 AM
2:39 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.2%
- Age
- 25.2 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1260
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,300 km.
Exact values
For Nov 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 309.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.0° / 232.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 52m / -6.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 194.55° / -0.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.74° / 1.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -128.52° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.