The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 28, 2014
Waxing Crescent
42.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:24 PM
11:55 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.0%
- Age
- 6.2 days
- Distance
- 370,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1137
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 | 80.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.7° / 97.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 51m / -8.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 327.02° / 4.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.04° / -4.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 99.68° / 1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.