The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 28, 1971
Waxing Gibbous
82.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:22 PM
3:03 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.1%
- Age
- 10.6 days
- Distance
- 364,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 605
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 | 129.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.2° / 50.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 51m / 10.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 15.73° / 4.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.14° / -5.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 47.65° / -1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.