The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 28, 1970
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:30 AM
4:38 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.4 days
- Distance
- 383,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 592
Events on this date
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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 | 357.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.4° / 178.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 03m / -25.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 243.87° / -4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.59° / 7.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 177.39° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 30.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.