The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 28, 2106
Waxing Crescent
9.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:49 AM
7:59 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.0%
- Age
- 3.1 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2275
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 34.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.0° / 137.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 44m / -18.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 280.55° / 4.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.08° / -5.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 146.14° / 0.75° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.