The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 29, 1987
Waxing Gibbous
68.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:59 PM
1:21 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.5%
- Age
- 8.4 days
- Distance
- 375,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 803
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Nov 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 111.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.5° / 71.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 55m / -0.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 358.52° / -0.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.81° / 0.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 72.70° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.