The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 28, 1987
Waxing Gibbous
57.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:36 PM
12:10 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.8%
- Age
- 7.4 days
- Distance
- 373,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 803
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 | 98.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.4° / 84.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 06m / -7.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 344.75° / -1.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.32° / 2.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 84.86° / -1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.