The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 28, 1903
Waxing Gibbous
64.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:43 PM
12:59 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.1%
- Age
- 9.5 days
- Distance
- 398,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -236
Events on this date
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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 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 106.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.5° / 76.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 27m / -2.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 351.49° / 1.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.01° / -0.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 69.25° / 1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.