The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 28, 2015
Waning Gibbous
90.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:11 PM
9:52 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.2%
- Age
- 17.0 days
- Distance
- 379,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1149
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 | 216.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.6° / 315.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 52m / 17.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 102.39° / -4.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.07° / 7.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -29.71° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.