The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 28, 1945
Waning Crescent
29.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:32 AM
2:30 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.7%
- Age
- 23.7 days
- Distance
- 401,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 283
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 | 294.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.3° / 251.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 10m / 4.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 180.35° / 5.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.04° / -6.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -108.72° / 0.63° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.