The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 28, 1912
Waning Gibbous
79.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:12 PM
11:45 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.7%
- Age
- 19.6 days
- Distance
- 367,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -125
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 367,700 km.
Exact values
For Nov 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 233.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.5° / 305.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 12m / 24.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 119.66° / 4.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.69° / -5.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -53.66° / -1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.