The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 29, 1946
Waxing Crescent
29.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:21 PM
10:09 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.0%
- Age
- 6.0 days
- Distance
- 400,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 296
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Nov 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 64.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.8° / 115.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 02m / -21.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 311.79° / -4.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.36° / 6.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 109.20° / 0.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.