The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 29, 2092
New Moon
0.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:45 AM
5:57 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 0.5 days
- Distance
- 357,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2102
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,300 km.
Exact values
For Nov 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 6.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.3° / 165.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 58m / -18.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 255.26° / 3.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.32° / -4.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 173.21° / 1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.