The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 30, 2004
Waning Gibbous
86.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:07 PM
11:05 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.9%
- Age
- 18.1 days
- Distance
- 405,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1013
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,900 km.
Exact values
For Nov 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 222.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.9° / 314.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 35m / 26.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 111.20° / 5.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.94° / -5.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -43.76° / -1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.