The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 27, 1920
Waning Gibbous
96.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:09 PM
8:58 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.0%
- Age
- 17.0 days
- Distance
- 360,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- -26
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,300 km.
Exact values
For Nov 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 202.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.0° / 329.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 52m / 19.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 88.00° / -4.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.61° / 6.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -22.91° / 0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.7° |
| 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.