The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 28, 2017
Waxing Gibbous
70.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:21 PM
1:29 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.1%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 381,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1174
Events on this date
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Mercury and Saturn close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 113.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.3° / 70.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 06m / -3.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 0.27° / -3.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.36° / 5.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 58.65° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.