The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 28, 1940
Waning Crescent
0.7% 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
6:26 AM
5:00 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 363,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 221
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
20° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Nov 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 351.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.2° / 184.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 44m / -15.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 237.35° / 3.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.55° / -4.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -168.54° / 1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 121.2° |
| 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.