The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 28, 2059
Waning Crescent
34.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:05 AM
2:11 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.1%
- Age
- 23.3 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1693
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,700 km.
Exact values
For Nov 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 288.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.9° / 256.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 49m / 5.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 175.17° / 4.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.09° / -4.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -107.20° / -0.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.