The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 27, 1971
Waxing Gibbous
72.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:54 PM
1:50 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.2%
- Age
- 9.6 days
- Distance
- 366,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 605
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 | 116.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.0° / 65.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 58m / 4.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 1.17° / 4.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.44° / -4.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 59.80° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.