The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 27, 1998
Waxing Gibbous
57.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:39 PM
12:11 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.7%
- Age
- 8.5 days
- Distance
- 374,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 939
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 98.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.7° / 84.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 03m / -7.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 343.96° / -1.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.18° / 2.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 74.60° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.