The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 30, 1971
Waxing Gibbous
96.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:32 PM
5:37 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.1%
- Age
- 12.6 days
- Distance
- 361,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 605
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 361,800 km.
Exact values
For Nov 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 157.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 22.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.6° / 20.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 46m / 21.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 45.46° / 5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.06° / -5.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 23.38° / -1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.