The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 28, 1981
Waxing Crescent
3.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:08 AM
6:53 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.9%
- Age
- 2.1 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 729
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 22.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.0° / 150.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 56m / -21.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 269.07° / 2.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.97° / -2.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 154.90° / 1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.