The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 30, 1956
Waning Crescent
2.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:50 AM
4:01 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.8%
- Age
- 28.0 days
- Distance
- 388,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 419
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Nov 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 340.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.2° / 196.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 06m / -18.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 229.32° / -0.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.30° / 1.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -155.57° / 0.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.