The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 26, 2163
Waxing Crescent
0.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:46 AM
6:03 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.6%
- Age
- 0.5 days
- Distance
- 358,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2980
Events on this date
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,500 km.
Exact values
For Nov 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 7.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.9° / 165.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 43m / -18.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 251.74° / 4.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.91° / -4.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 171.29° / 1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.