The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 28, 1972
Waning Crescent
40.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:40 AM
1:12 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.3%
- Age
- 22.7 days
- Distance
- 392,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 617
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 | 281.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.9° / 259.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 09m / 0.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 167.94° / -4.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.83° / 6.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -93.89° / -1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.