The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 30, 1917
Waning Gibbous
95.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:56 PM
9:22 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.8%
- Age
- 15.9 days
- Distance
- 386,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -63
Events on this date
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Venus at greatest elongation
47° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Nov 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 203.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.8° / 329.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 08m / 23.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 91.74° / -0.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.03° / 0.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -18.32° / -0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.