The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 28, 2048
Last Quarter
50.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:40 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 50.0%
- Age
- 22.5 days
- Distance
- 393,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 1557
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Nov 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 270.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.0° / 268.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 28m / 3.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 157.35° / -5.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.34° / 7.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -96.91° / -0.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.