The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 29, 2018
Last Quarter
53.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:09 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.6%
- Age
- 22.0 days
- Distance
- 370,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1186
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.9, as bright as it gets this time around.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Nov 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 266.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.9° / 276.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 26m / 13.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 153.45° / 2.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.48° / -3.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -82.85° / 1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.1° |
| 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.