The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 30, 1989
Waxing Crescent
5.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:50 AM
6:48 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.2%
- Age
- 2.3 days
- Distance
- 396,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 828
Events on this date
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
-
Moon, Neptune, and Uranus gathered
All within 7.1° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 25.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 153.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.4° / 149.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 20m / -26.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 274.43° / -3.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.34° / 5.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 149.19° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.