The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 29, 2015
Waning Gibbous
83.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:11 PM
10:41 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.0%
- Age
- 18.0 days
- Distance
- 384,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1149
Events on this date
-
Saturn behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Nov 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 228.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.1° / 304.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 47m / 16.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 115.76° / -4.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.26° / 6.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -41.85° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.