The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 27, 1924
Waxing Crescent
1.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:18 AM
6:28 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.6%
- Age
- 1.0 days
- Distance
- 358,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 24
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,900 km.
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Mars and Uranus close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
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Jupiter, Mercury, and Moon gathered
All within 6.4° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 14.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.4° / 158.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 15m / -18.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 259.27° / 4.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.82° / -4.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 166.32° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.4° |
| 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.