The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 29, 2005
Waning Crescent
4.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:24 AM
3:36 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.5%
- Age
- 27.6 days
- Distance
- 382,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1025
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 335.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.8° / 202.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 40m / -18.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 223.35° / -2.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.65° / 4.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -161.28° / -1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.