The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, November 29, 1993
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:37 PM
7:49 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 15.8 days
- Distance
- 395,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 877
Events on this date
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Total lunar eclipse
The Moon passes fully into Earth's shadow and turns a dim copper red. It starts at 11:40 PM, is deepest at 1:26 AM and ends at 3:11 AM. Totality lasts from 1:02 AM to 1:50 AM. Visible from Columbus from start to finish.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Nov 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 184.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.2° / 348.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 45m / 21.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 72.49° / -0.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.55° / 1.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -9.26° / 0.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.