The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 28, 1974
Waxing Gibbous
98.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:26 PM
6:26 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.9%
- Age
- 14.7 days
- Distance
- 378,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 642
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 | 168.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.8° / 8.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 26m / 20.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 54.33° / 1.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.15° / -1.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 6.67° / -0.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.