The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 26, 2155
Waxing Crescent
5.1% 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
9:52 AM
6:38 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.1%
- Age
- 1.9 days
- Distance
- 365,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2881
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.
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Mercury, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 4.8° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 25.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 153.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.4° / 150.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 59m / -28.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 269.76° / -4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.26° / 7.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 152.62° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.