The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 28, 2049
Waxing Crescent
15.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:35 AM
9:01 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.6%
- Age
- 3.5 days
- Distance
- 366,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1570
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 366,500 km.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 46.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.8° / 127.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 37m / -17.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 293.23° / 4.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.07° / -4.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 133.20° / 0.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.