The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 28, 1999
Waning Gibbous
63.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:10 PM
12:31 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.7%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 374,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 951
Events on this date
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Mars and Neptune close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 254.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.9° / 286.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 32m / 15.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 140.28° / 1.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.70° / -0.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -66.90° / 1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.