The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, November 28, 1988
Waning Gibbous
73.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:59 PM
12:00 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.8%
- Age
- 19.1 days
- Distance
- 396,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 815
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 | 241.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.2° / 297.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 46m / 20.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 128.35° / 2.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.45° / -2.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -56.65° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.1° |
| 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.