The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 27, 1990
Waxing Gibbous
72.3% 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
1:52 PM
1:53 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.3%
- Age
- 10.3 days
- Distance
- 375,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 840
Events on this date
-
Mars at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Nov 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 116.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.5° / 65.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 59m / 4.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 1.66° / 4.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.16° / -4.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 55.99° / -1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.4° |
| 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.