The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 30, 1946
Waxing Crescent
38.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:54 PM
11:12 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.2%
- Age
- 7.0 days
- Distance
- 396,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 296
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Nov 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 76.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 103.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.8° / 105.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 52m / -18.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 324.04° / -5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.27° / 7.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 97.03° / 0.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.