The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 27, 1930
Waxing Crescent
44.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:14 PM
11:51 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.9%
- Age
- 7.3 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 98
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,300 km.
Exact values
For Nov 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 84.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.8° / 99.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 10m / -15.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 328.75° / -4.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.96° / 6.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 96.24° / -1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.