The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, November 28, 2016
Waning Crescent
0.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:27 AM
5:03 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 29.0 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1161
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 | 351.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.3° / 183.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 48m / -14.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 238.14° / 4.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.24° / -5.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -171.56° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 128.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.