The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 26, 2079
Waxing Crescent
9.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:37 AM
7:23 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.4%
- Age
- 3.2 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1941
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,200 km.
Exact values
For Nov 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 35.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.1° / 141.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 45m / -28.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 279.85° / -5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.78° / 7.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 143.47° / -1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.