The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 27, 1917
Waxing Gibbous
98.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:11 PM
6:18 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.5%
- Age
- 12.9 days
- Distance
- 374,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -63
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Nov 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 166.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.4° / 10.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 11m / 21.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 51.21° / 3.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.37° / -3.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 18.08° / -0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.