The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Waning Crescent
29.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:48 AM
1:37 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.5%
- Age
- 24.5 days
- Distance
- 369,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1087
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,400 km.
Exact values
For Nov 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 294.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.8° / 245.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 02m / -5.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 182.82° / -5.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.30° / 7.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -113.66° / -0.63° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.