The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 19, 2025
Waning Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:55 AM
4:30 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 29.2 days
- Distance
- 406,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1272
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,700 km.
Exact values
For Nov 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 353.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.7° / 183.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 11m / -22.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 231.39° / -4.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.79° / 6.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -173.08° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.