The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 29, 2031
Waning Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:57 PM
8:00 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 14.8 days
- Distance
- 397,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1347
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
-
Moon, Saturn, and Uranus gathered
All within 5.7° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 188.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.6° / 344.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 59m / 20.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 75.66° / -2.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.37° / 3.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -4.67° / 0.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.