The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 28, 2019
Waxing Crescent
5.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:31 AM
7:04 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.2%
- Age
- 2.1 days
- Distance
- 382,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1199
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
20° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
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Jupiter, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 4.3° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 26.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 153.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.0° / 147.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 11m / -22.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 272.47° / 0.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.23° / 0.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 159.47° / 0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.