The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 29, 2014
First Quarter
53.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
1:01 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.4%
- Age
- 7.2 days
- Distance
- 370,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1137
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Nov 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 93.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 86.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.7° / 86.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 46m / -4.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 341.16° / 3.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.95° / -3.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 87.52° / 1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.