The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 28, 1953
Last Quarter
46.7% 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
12:01 AM
12:59 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.7%
- Age
- 22.0 days
- Distance
- 402,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 382
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Nov 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 273.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.5° / 266.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 41m / 4.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 160.17° / -3.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.23° / 5.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -90.07° / -1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.