The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 26, 2177
Waxing Crescent
33.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:01 PM
10:51 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.1%
- Age
- 6.3 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 3153
Events on this date
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Saturn at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
20° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Nov 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 70.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.4° / 107.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 06m / -13.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 314.89° / 2.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.68° / -2.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 107.70° / -1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.