The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, November 30, 1942
Last Quarter
54.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:14 AM
1:56 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.1%
- Age
- 22.0 days
- Distance
- 396,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 246
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
-
Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Nov 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 265.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.9° / 265.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 22m / 10.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 153.31° / 0.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.58° / 0.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -91.49° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.1° |
| 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.