The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 29, 2002
Waning Crescent
27.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:43 AM
2:32 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.5%
- Age
- 24.9 days
- Distance
- 367,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 988
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 | 296.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.4° / 247.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 23m / 2.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 184.26° / 4.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.60° / -5.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -120.15° / 0.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.