The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 29, 1997
New Moon
0.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:48 AM
5:18 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 29.3 days
- Distance
- 391,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 926
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Nov 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 355.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.3° / 178.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 08m / -15.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 242.95° / 4.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.39° / -5.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -179.95° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 143.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.