The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 26, 2173
Waning Gibbous
58.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:36 PM
12:58 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.3%
- Age
- 21.1 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 3103
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,500 km.
Exact values
For Nov 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 260.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.9° / 281.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 55m / 15.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 145.43° / 3.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.25° / -3.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -81.34° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.