The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 30, 2047
Waxing Gibbous
97.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:45 PM
5:56 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.1%
- Age
- 13.2 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1545
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,300 km.
-
Jupiter, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 5.6° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 160.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 19.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.4° / 16.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 02m / 21.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 49.02° / 3.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.05° / -4.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 20.35° / -0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.