The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 28, 2198
New Moon
0.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:15 AM
5:12 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.0%
- Age
- 29.3 days
- Distance
- 357,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 3412
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
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Total solar eclipse
The Moon covers the Sun completely along a narrow track across Earth. From Columbus, 78% of the Sun is covered at 2:47 PM.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,000 km.
Exact values
For Nov 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 358.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 178.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.5° / 176.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 15m / -20.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 245.44° / 0.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.66° / 0.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -179.56° / 0.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.