The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, November 27, 1905
Waxing Crescent
1.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:17 AM
6:29 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.7%
- Age
- 1.0 days
- Distance
- 362,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -211
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
22° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Nov 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 14.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.7° / 157.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 13m / -18.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 258.93° / 4.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.67° / -5.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 170.13° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.