The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 29, 1980
Last Quarter
47.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:24 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.3%
- Age
- 21.8 days
- Distance
- 398,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 716
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Nov 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 273.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.0° / 269.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 53m / 9.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 160.91° / 2.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.22° / -2.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -87.41° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.