The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 29, 2146
Waning Crescent
20.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:39 AM
2:44 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.6%
- Age
- 25.3 days
- Distance
- 385,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2769
Events on this date
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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Venus at greatest elongation
47° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Nov 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 306.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.3° / 236.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 54m / -3.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 193.61° / 2.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.87° / -2.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -132.69° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.