The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, November 30, 1998
Waxing Gibbous
87.5% 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
3:26 PM
3:37 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.5%
- Age
- 11.5 days
- Distance
- 361,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 939
Events on this date
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 138.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.2° / 42.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 46m / 6.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 26.97° / -4.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.98° / 6.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 38.16° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 243.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.