The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 30, 1986
Waning Crescent
1.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:20 AM
4:07 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.5%
- Age
- 28.5 days
- Distance
- 360,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 790
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 346.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.8° / 190.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 25m / -21.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 234.28° / -2.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.60° / 4.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -169.67° / -1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.