The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 26, 2026
Waning Gibbous
93.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:06 PM
10:03 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.5%
- Age
- 17.4 days
- Distance
- 359,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1285
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.9, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For Nov 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 209.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.1° / 326.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 17m / 27.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 93.86° / 3.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.14° / -4.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -27.82° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.