The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 29, 2008
Waxing Crescent
3.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:30 AM
6:28 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.7%
- Age
- 2.0 days
- Distance
- 406,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1063
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,500 km.
Exact values
For Nov 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 21.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.3° / 153.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 58m / -26.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 269.61° / -3.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.20° / 5.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 157.57° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.