The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 28, 1961
Waning Gibbous
64.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:03 PM
12:21 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.6%
- Age
- 20.3 days
- Distance
- 403,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 481
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 | 253.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.2° / 286.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 27m / 14.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 139.46° / -0.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.16° / 0.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -71.46° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.