The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 30, 2001
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:13 PM
7:09 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 15.4 days
- Distance
- 382,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 976
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 178.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 2.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.8° / 356.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 20m / 19.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 66.60° / -1.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.87° / 3.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -2.80° / 0.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 209.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.