The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 28, 2009
Waxing Gibbous
84.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:28 PM
3:28 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.4%
- Age
- 11.9 days
- Distance
- 384,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1075
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 | 133.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.3° / 46.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 07m / 12.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 20.25° / 5.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.01° / -5.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 40.06° / -1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.