The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 28, 1922
Waxing Gibbous
71.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:12 PM
1:47 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.7%
- Age
- 9.7 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -1
Events on this date
-
Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,800 km.
Exact values
For Nov 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 115.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.5° / 67.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 05m / 0.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 1.31° / -0.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.50° / 1.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 65.47° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.