The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 30, 1979
Waxing Gibbous
88.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:29 PM
3:47 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.5%
- Age
- 11.0 days
- Distance
- 370,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 704
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Nov 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 140.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.3° / 40.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 51m / 7.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 28.28° / -4.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.50° / 6.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 41.96° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 243.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.