The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 29, 2001
Waxing Gibbous
98.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:36 PM
6:03 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.4%
- Age
- 14.4 days
- Distance
- 386,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 976
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 | 165.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.0° / 10.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 27m / 15.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 53.41° / -2.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.77° / 4.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 9.33° / 0.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 241.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.