The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 30, 2055
Waxing Gibbous
88.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:31 PM
3:51 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.5%
- Age
- 11.9 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1644
Events on this date
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Neptune at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Nov 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 140.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.0° / 40.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 55m / 6.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 29.01° / -5.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.31° / 7.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 38.94° / 1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 242.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.