The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 30, 1978
New Moon
0.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:34 AM
5:54 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 0.4 days
- Distance
- 366,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 692
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 4.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.8° / 167.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 49m / -17.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 253.03° / 4.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.21° / -5.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 171.66° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 238.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.