The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 30, 2017
Waxing Gibbous
87.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:27 PM
3:40 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.7%
- Age
- 12.2 days
- Distance
- 369,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1174
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 139.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.5° / 42.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 50m / 6.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 27.83° / -4.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.30° / 6.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 34.37° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 242.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.