The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 30, 2000
Waxing Crescent
19.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:23 AM
9:11 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.6%
- Age
- 4.7 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 964
Events on this date
-
Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,300 km.
Exact values
For Nov 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 52.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.2° / 124.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 15m / -21.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 301.26° / -1.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.32° / 2.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 126.72° / 0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.