The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 28, 1951
New Moon
0.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:15 AM
4:30 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 29.1 days
- Distance
- 363,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 357
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
22° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Nov 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 355.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.9° / 181.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 51m / -25.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 241.03° / -4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.28° / 7.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -178.81° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 49.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.