The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Full Moon
100.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:22 PM
7:28 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 100.0%
- Age
- 14.8 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1112
Events on this date
-
Penumbral lunar eclipse
The Moon passes through Earth's faint outer shadow and dims slightly. It starts at 7:14 AM, is deepest at 9:33 AM and ends at 11:51 AM. Partly visible from Columbus: the Moon is below the horizon for some of it.
-
Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
-
Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,400 km.
-
Moon and Jupiter 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 | 181.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 1.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.5° / 353.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 25m / 20.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 67.88° / -1.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.14° / 2.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -0.89° / 0.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 147.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.