The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 27, 1980
Waning Gibbous
66.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:49 PM
12:15 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.8%
- Age
- 19.8 days
- Distance
- 388,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 716
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 | 250.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.2° / 288.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 14m / 16.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 136.07° / 0.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.73° / 0.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -63.10° / 1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.