The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 29, 1947
Waning Gibbous
97.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:16 PM
9:05 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.5%
- Age
- 16.9 days
- Distance
- 364,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 308
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 198.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.6° / 336.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 37m / 26.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 84.80° / 2.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.54° / -2.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -20.26° / -0.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.