The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 28, 1969
Waning Gibbous
80.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:04 PM
11:36 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.4%
- Age
- 18.8 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 580
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,200 km.
Exact values
For Nov 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 232.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.8° / 305.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 07m / 24.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 118.84° / 3.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.85° / -4.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -52.86° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.