The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 27, 1938
Waxing Crescent
27.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:29 AM
10:21 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.6%
- Age
- 5.7 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 197
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Nov 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 63.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.7° / 112.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 36m / -13.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 307.91° / 5.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.39° / -5.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 114.89° / 0.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.