The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 19, 1927
Waning Crescent
18.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:37 AM
3:19 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.9%
- Age
- 25.1 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 60
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 308.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.4° / 237.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 27m / 2.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 185.12° / 5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.35° / -5.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -125.09° / 0.60° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.