The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, November 29, 2055
Waxing Gibbous
81.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:04 PM
2:54 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.9%
- Age
- 10.9 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1644
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,300 km.
Exact values
For Nov 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 129.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.8° / 53.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 11m / 2.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 17.10° / -4.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.01° / 7.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 51.08° / 1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 243.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.