The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 29, 1981
Waxing Crescent
8.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:00 AM
7:41 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.4%
- Age
- 3.1 days
- Distance
- 403,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 729
Events on this date
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Mercury and Uranus 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 | 33.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.3° / 140.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 47m / -21.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 280.94° / 1.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.26° / -0.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 142.71° / 1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.