The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 28, 2046
Waxing Crescent
1.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:33 AM
5:40 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.0%
- Age
- 0.8 days
- Distance
- 369,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1533
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Saturn, and Venus gathered
All within 5.5° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 10.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 168.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.4° / 164.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 04m / -26.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 257.33° / -3.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.46° / 5.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 174.34° / -1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.