The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, November 27, 2017
Waxing Gibbous
60.2% 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
1:49 PM
12:28 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.2%
- Age
- 9.2 days
- Distance
- 388,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1174
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 101.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.7° / 82.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 17m / -7.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 347.23° / -2.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.15° / 3.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 70.81° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.2° |
| 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.