The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 29, 1900
First Quarter
49.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:41 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.8%
- Age
- 7.4 days
- Distance
- 372,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -273
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Nov 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 89.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.9° / 89.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 26m / -4.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 336.74° / 5.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.70° / -5.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 85.99° / 0.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.