The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 28, 2004
Waning Gibbous
96.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:17 PM
9:26 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.7%
- Age
- 16.1 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1013
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 | 200.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.1° / 334.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 48m / 27.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 87.43° / 4.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.70° / -4.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -19.48° / -0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.