The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 29, 1951
Waxing Crescent
0.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:32 AM
5:25 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 0.7 days
- Distance
- 360,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 358
Events on this date
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Venus and Neptune close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 9.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.2° / 166.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 57m / -27.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 255.98° / -4.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.35° / 7.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 168.99° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 307.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.