The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 28, 1979
Waxing Gibbous
70.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:18 PM
1:30 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.4%
- Age
- 9.0 days
- Distance
- 369,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 704
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,300 km.
Exact values
For Nov 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 113.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.7° / 70.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 03m / -2.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 359.84° / -2.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.62° / 3.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 66.25° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.