The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 29, 1979
Waxing Gibbous
80.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:53 PM
2:39 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.2%
- Age
- 10.0 days
- Distance
- 369,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 704
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 | 127.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.8° / 56.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 57m / 2.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 14.05° / -3.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.55° / 5.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 54.10° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.