The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 28, 2166
Waxing Crescent
31.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:05 PM
10:35 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 31.0%
- Age
- 5.9 days
- Distance
- 385,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 3017
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Neptune, and Uranus gathered
All within 2.7° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 67.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.1° / 111.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 06m / -16.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 314.01° / 0.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.09° / 0.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 105.79° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.