The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 27, 1970
Waning Crescent
1.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:21 AM
3:57 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.8%
- Age
- 28.4 days
- Distance
- 387,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 592
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 | 345.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.6° / 191.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 07m / -22.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 230.64° / -4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.79° / 7.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -170.41° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.