The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 29, 1975
Waning Crescent
14.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:33 AM
2:44 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.4%
- Age
- 26.2 days
- Distance
- 366,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 654
Events on this date
-
Moon and Venus close together
They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 365,900 km.
Exact values
For Nov 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 315.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 135.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.9° / 225.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 19m / -11.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 202.39° / -2.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.34° / 4.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -135.01° / 0.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.