The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 29, 2168
New Moon
0.1% 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
7:27 AM
5:27 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 0.1 days
- Distance
- 398,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 3042
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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Mercury at greatest elongation
22° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Nov 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 1.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 177.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.4° / 172.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 34m / -19.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 249.68° / 2.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.24° / -2.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -177.65° / 0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 237.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.