The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 29, 1956
Waning Crescent
7.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:46 AM
3:21 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.3%
- Age
- 27.0 days
- Distance
- 384,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 419
Events on this date
-
Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Neptune, and Venus gathered
All within 4.4° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 328.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 148.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.1° / 210.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 13m / -15.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 216.28° / -2.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.38° / 3.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -143.38° / 0.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.