The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 27, 1928
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:28 PM
7:47 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 15.3 days
- Distance
- 356,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 73
Events on this date
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Total lunar eclipse
The Moon passes fully into Earth's shadow and turns a dim copper red. It starts at 2:23 AM, is deepest at 4:01 AM and ends at 5:38 AM. Totality lasts from 3:33 AM to 4:29 AM. Visible from Columbus from start to finish.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 356,700 km.
Exact values
For Nov 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 184.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.0° / 349.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 33m / 22.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 69.92° / 0.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.09° / -0.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -4.32° / -0.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.