The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 30, 2002
Waning Crescent
17.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:56 AM
3:00 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.7%
- Age
- 25.9 days
- Distance
- 364,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 988
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Nov 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 310.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.7° / 232.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 16m / -3.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 198.81° / 4.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.11° / -4.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -132.34° / -0.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.9° |
| 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.