The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 27, 1979
Waxing Gibbous
59.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:42 PM
12:22 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.5%
- Age
- 8.0 days
- Distance
- 369,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 704
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 | 100.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.3° / 82.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 09m / -6.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 345.67° / -1.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.26° / 2.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 78.40° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.