The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 28, 1942
Waning Gibbous
72.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:18 PM
12:46 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.4%
- Age
- 20.0 days
- Distance
- 403,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 246
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 | 243.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.6° / 284.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 45m / 16.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 129.29° / -1.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.28° / 2.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -67.18° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.2° |
| 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.