The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 28, 2114
Waxing Crescent
1.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:45 AM
6:00 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.7%
- Age
- 1.4 days
- Distance
- 406,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2374
Events on this date
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Venus and Neptune close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,500 km.
Exact values
For Nov 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 14.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.7° / 159.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 19m / -24.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 260.78° / -1.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.24° / 2.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 164.82° / -0.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.