The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 28, 2008
Waxing Crescent
1.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:39 AM
5:35 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.0%
- Age
- 1.0 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1063
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 10.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 168.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.6° / 164.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 05m / -26.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 257.77° / -4.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.07° / 6.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 169.76° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 298.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.