The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 29, 1918
Waning Crescent
13.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:47 AM
2:40 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.7%
- Age
- 25.8 days
- Distance
- 405,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -51
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,600 km.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
22° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Nov 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 316.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.9° / 223.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 21m / -12.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 203.48° / -4.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.87° / 6.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -135.76° / -0.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.