The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 29, 2087
Waxing Crescent
17.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:40 AM
9:11 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.2%
- Age
- 4.4 days
- Distance
- 398,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2040
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 48.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.4° / 124.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 49m / -16.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 296.33° / 4.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.25° / -5.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 125.58° / 0.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.