The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 27, 1901
Waning Gibbous
95.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:10 PM
9:02 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.8%
- Age
- 16.4 days
- Distance
- 361,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- -261
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 203.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.5° / 328.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 52m / 19.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 88.12° / -3.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.69° / 5.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -19.11° / 0.60° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.