The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 27, 1940
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
5:16 AM
4:12 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.0%
- Age
- 27.8 days
- Distance
- 362,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 221
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 362,000 km.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 337.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 156.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.8° / 200.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 44m / -12.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 222.51° / 2.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.77° / -2.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -156.34° / 1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.