The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 29, 1902
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:56 AM
5:12 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.4 days
- Distance
- 403,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- -249
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
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Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 7.2° of each other in the sky.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
-
Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 355.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.7° / 178.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 04m / -17.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 242.41° / 3.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.84° / -3.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -173.11° / 1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 132.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.