The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 21, 2028
Waxing Crescent
28.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:53 AM
10:15 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.4%
- Age
- 5.2 days
- Distance
- 393,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1310
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Nov 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 64.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.7° / 114.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 24m / -17.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 304.21° / 1.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.30° / -1.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 121.40° / -1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.