The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 27, 2015
Waning Gibbous
95.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:13 PM
8:57 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.7%
- Age
- 16.0 days
- Distance
- 373,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1149
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 | 203.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.6° / 328.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 54m / 18.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 88.58° / -5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.45° / 7.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -17.57° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.