The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 28, 2073
Waning Crescent
0.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:32 AM
5:09 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.6%
- Age
- 28.9 days
- Distance
- 360,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1866
Events on this date
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Mercury and Saturn close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
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Mercury, Moon, Saturn, and Venus gathered
All within 4.6° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 352.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.8° / 181.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 55m / -15.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 239.96° / 4.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.26° / -5.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -170.79° / 1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 131.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.