The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 28, 1985
Waning Gibbous
98.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:46 PM
8:43 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.7%
- Age
- 16.1 days
- Distance
- 403,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 778
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Nov 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 192.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 13.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.8° / 342.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 12m / 26.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 79.28° / 3.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.22° / -3.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -15.71° / -0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.