The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 30, 2149
New Moon
0.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:45 AM
5:41 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 0.5 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2807
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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Mars, Moon, Uranus, and Venus gathered
All within 6.8° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
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Venus at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Nov 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 5.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.6° / 168.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 51m / -19.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 253.79° / 2.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.61° / -2.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 173.97° / 0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.