The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 27, 1903
First Quarter
54.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:13 PM
12:03 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.6%
- Age
- 8.5 days
- Distance
- 401,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -236
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 95.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 84.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.0° / 86.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 41m / -5.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 339.46° / 2.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.79° / -2.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 81.41° / 1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.