The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, November 30, 1959
New Moon
0.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:34 AM
5:55 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 0.3 days
- Distance
- 356,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 457
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 356,700 km.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 4.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.7° / 167.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 47m / -17.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 252.66° / 4.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.63° / -5.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 175.47° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 240.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.