The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 27, 2020
Waxing Gibbous
93.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:55 PM
4:42 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.5%
- Age
- 12.5 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1211
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 150.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.5° / 28.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 22m / 10.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 36.55° / -3.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.66° / 5.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 29.81° / 0.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 243.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.