The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 28, 1946
Waxing Crescent
20.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:43 AM
9:08 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.7%
- Age
- 5.0 days
- Distance
- 403,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 296
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 | 53.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.1° / 124.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 11m / -24.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 299.75° / -3.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.24° / 5.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 121.38° / 0.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.