The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 28, 2143
Waning Gibbous
62.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:35 PM
12:05 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.0%
- Age
- 21.6 days
- Distance
- 373,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2732
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Nov 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 256.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.6° / 281.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 32m / 9.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 142.24° / -5.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.91° / 7.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -79.46° / 0.63° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.