The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, November 30, 1987
Waxing Gibbous
78.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:22 PM
2:31 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.2%
- Age
- 9.4 days
- Distance
- 378,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 803
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Nov 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 124.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.4° / 57.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 43m / 5.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 12.11° / 1.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.10° / -0.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 60.55° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.