The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 30, 1952
Waxing Gibbous
99.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:11 PM
6:48 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.1%
- Age
- 13.2 days
- Distance
- 382,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 370
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Nov 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 169.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.6° / 6.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 40m / 24.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 58.40° / 4.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.93° / -5.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 15.05° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.