The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, November 28, 1927
Waxing Crescent
17.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:20 AM
8:43 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.0%
- Age
- 4.3 days
- Distance
- 389,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 61
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Nov 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 48.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.3° / 129.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 46m / -24.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 294.06° / -3.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.74° / 4.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 125.18° / 0.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.