The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 25, 2042
Waxing Gibbous
96.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:53 PM
5:27 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.5%
- Age
- 12.9 days
- Distance
- 359,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1483
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,600 km.
Exact values
For Nov 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 158.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.6° / 19.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 35m / 17.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 41.90° / 2.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.18° / -1.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 21.48° / -1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.