The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 29, 2006
Waxing Gibbous
66.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:50 PM
1:07 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.2%
- Age
- 8.8 days
- Distance
- 368,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1038
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 | 108.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.8° / 73.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 45m / -1.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 356.14° / 0.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.75° / 0.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 68.91° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.