The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 29, 1961
Waning Gibbous
55.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:54 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.3%
- Age
- 21.3 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 481
Events on this date
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,200 km.
Exact values
For Nov 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 264.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.3° / 277.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 15m / 11.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 151.27° / 0.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.21° / -0.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -83.62° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.