The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 29, 2051
Waning Crescent
11.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:56 AM
3:08 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.9%
- Age
- 26.1 days
- Distance
- 405,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1594
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,900 km.
Exact values
For Nov 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 319.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 139.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.5° / 221.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 42m / -10.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 207.21° / 0.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.55° / 0.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -138.03° / 1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.