The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 28, 2006
First Quarter
55.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
1:26 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.1%
- Age
- 7.8 days
- Distance
- 370,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1038
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 95.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 84.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.4° / 86.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 55m / -7.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 342.01° / -0.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.60° / 1.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 81.06° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.