The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 27, 1921
Waning Crescent
4.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:18 AM
4:09 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.0%
- Age
- 27.7 days
- Distance
- 379,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -14
Events on this date
-
Moon and Venus close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 1.8° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 337.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.4° / 200.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 41m / -13.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 222.12° / 2.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.58° / -2.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -152.54° / 1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.