The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 29, 1978
Waning Crescent
0.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:28 AM
5:03 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 28.9 days
- Distance
- 369,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 691
Events on this date
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Mars, Mercury, and Neptune gathered
All within 3.4° of each other in the sky.
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 351.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.8° / 183.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 50m / -15.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 238.58° / 4.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.62° / -5.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -176.15° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 126.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.