The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 28, 1978
Waning Crescent
3.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:21 AM
4:19 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.7%
- Age
- 27.9 days
- Distance
- 374,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 691
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 338.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.7° / 199.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 53m / -12.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 224.46° / 3.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.68° / -4.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -163.95° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.