The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 28, 2079
Waxing Crescent
22.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:58 AM
9:23 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.9%
- Age
- 5.2 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1941
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Saturn, and Uranus gathered
All within 4.6° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 56.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.0° / 122.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 29m / -24.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 303.57° / -5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.29° / 7.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 119.10° / -1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.