The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 29, 1998
Waxing Gibbous
78.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:49 PM
2:26 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.7%
- Age
- 10.5 days
- Distance
- 365,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 939
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 | 124.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.4° / 58.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 51m / 1.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 12.24° / -3.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.44° / 5.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 50.30° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.