The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 29, 1983
Waning Crescent
25.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:57 AM
2:40 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.5%
- Age
- 24.8 days
- Distance
- 372,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 753
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 299.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 119.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.7° / 245.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 32m / 1.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 186.46° / 4.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.83° / -5.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -116.34° / 0.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.