The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 29, 1972
Waning Crescent
30.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:42 AM
1:36 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.8%
- Age
- 23.7 days
- Distance
- 397,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 617
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Nov 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 292.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.8° / 247.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 54m / -4.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 180.39° / -4.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.20° / 7.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -106.06° / -1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.