The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 28, 2056
Waning Gibbous
66.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:50 PM
12:30 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.1%
- Age
- 21.2 days
- Distance
- 390,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1656
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 251.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.6° / 289.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 28m / 18.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 138.52° / 3.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.68° / -3.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -78.30° / 0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.