The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 30, 1951
Waxing Crescent
4.2% 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
9:42 AM
6:33 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.2%
- Age
- 1.7 days
- Distance
- 360,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 358
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,300 km.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 23.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 156.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.5° / 152.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 05m / -27.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 271.02° / -4.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.65° / 6.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 156.80° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.