The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 29, 1986
Waning Crescent
5.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:01 AM
3:31 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.8%
- Age
- 27.5 days
- Distance
- 364,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 790
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
20° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Nov 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 332.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.7° / 206.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 26m / -16.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 219.50° / -1.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.31° / 3.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -157.47° / -1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.