The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 28, 1930
First Quarter
54.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
1:36 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.3%
- Age
- 8.3 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 98
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Nov 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 94.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.4° / 89.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 54m / -10.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 340.58° / -3.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.42° / 5.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 84.07° / -1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.