The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 28, 1948
Waning Crescent
5.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:04 AM
3:42 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.3%
- Age
- 27.5 days
- Distance
- 372,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 320
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 | 333.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 153.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.3° / 205.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 29m / -15.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 219.79° / -0.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.41° / 1.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -149.88° / -0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.