The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, November 30, 1981
Waxing Crescent
14.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:48 AM
8:34 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.4%
- Age
- 4.1 days
- Distance
- 401,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 729
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 44.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 135.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.2° / 130.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 39m / -21.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 292.89° / 0.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.48° / 0.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 130.52° / 1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.