The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 26, 2109
Waxing Crescent
23.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:22 AM
9:51 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.6%
- Age
- 4.2 days
- Distance
- 373,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2312
Events on this date
-
Mercury at greatest elongation
22° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 57.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 121.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.6° / 118.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 15m / -16.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 302.22° / 3.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.00° / -3.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 129.39° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.