The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 27, 1932
New Moon
0.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:13 AM
4:31 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 29.1 days
- Distance
- 357,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 122
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,000 km.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Nov 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 355.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.1° / 181.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 50m / -25.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 240.66° / -4.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.53° / 7.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -175.01° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 49.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.