The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 27, 2159
Waning Gibbous
93.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:31 PM
9:48 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.0%
- Age
- 17.7 days
- Distance
- 361,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2930
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 361,400 km.
Exact values
For Nov 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 210.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.3° / 323.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 25m / 22.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 95.87° / -0.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.04° / 1.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -30.08° / -0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.