The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 30, 2040
Waning Crescent
15.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:19 AM
3:01 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.5%
- Age
- 25.9 days
- Distance
- 384,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1458
Events on this date
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
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Jupiter, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 2.9° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 313.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.1° / 228.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 29m / -6.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 202.97° / 2.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.29° / -2.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -139.92° / -0.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.