The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 27, 2002
Last Quarter
49.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:35 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.6%
- Age
- 22.9 days
- Distance
- 374,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 988
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Nov 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 270.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.8° / 274.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 39m / 14.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 155.93° / 5.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.78° / -6.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -95.81° / 0.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.