The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 28, 2025
First Quarter
54.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
1:20 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.6%
- Age
- 8.4 days
- Distance
- 380,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1273
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Nov 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 95.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 84.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.4° / 87.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 53m / -7.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 341.81° / -0.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.02° / 1.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 77.27° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.