The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Waxing Gibbous
99.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:39 PM
6:34 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.3%
- Age
- 13.8 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1112
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 | 170.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.9° / 5.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 35m / 19.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 56.08° / 0.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.35° / 0.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 11.24° / 0.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.