The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 25, 2177
Waxing Crescent
24.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:33 AM
9:52 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.6%
- Age
- 5.3 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 3153
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,000 km.
Exact values
For Nov 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 59.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.9° / 117.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 20m / -17.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 303.10° / 1.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.26° / -1.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 119.88° / -1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.