The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 28, 2001
Waxing Gibbous
94.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:05 PM
4:58 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.9%
- Age
- 13.4 days
- Distance
- 390,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 976
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 | 153.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.7° / 24.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 37m / 11.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 40.50° / -3.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.40° / 5.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 21.47° / 0.61° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 242.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.