The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 26, 2081
Waning Crescent
19.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:50 AM
2:27 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.3%
- Age
- 25.6 days
- Distance
- 367,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1965
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 367,100 km.
Exact values
For Nov 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 308.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.6° / 233.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 44m / -7.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 193.15° / -2.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.15° / 4.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -127.75° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.