The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, November 28, 1921
Waning Crescent
0.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:22 AM
4:51 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.9%
- Age
- 28.7 days
- Distance
- 382,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -14
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 349.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.0° / 185.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 36m / -16.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 235.55° / 3.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.92° / -3.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -164.73° / 1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.