The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 27, 2009
Waxing Gibbous
76.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:01 PM
2:24 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.3%
- Age
- 10.9 days
- Distance
- 390,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1075
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 | 121.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.7° / 59.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 19m / 7.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 7.29° / 4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.74° / -5.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 52.20° / -1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.