The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 26, 2030
Waxing Crescent
3.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:58 AM
6:45 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.1%
- Age
- 1.4 days
- Distance
- 358,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1335
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
22° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Nov 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 20.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.6° / 153.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 37m / -21.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 264.67° / 1.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.99° / -1.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 161.39° / -0.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.