The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 28, 1998
Waxing Gibbous
68.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:14 PM
1:18 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.5%
- Age
- 9.5 days
- Distance
- 369,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 939
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 111.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.0° / 72.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 57m / -3.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 357.90° / -2.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.51° / 4.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 62.45° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.1° |
| 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.