The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, November 27, 1961
Waning Gibbous
73.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:07 PM
11:44 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.3%
- Age
- 19.3 days
- Distance
- 401,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 481
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 | 242.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.8° / 295.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 38m / 17.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 127.53° / -1.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.44° / 2.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -59.31° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.