The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 27, 1942
Waning Gibbous
80.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:23 PM
12:07 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.4%
- Age
- 19.0 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 246
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 232.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.9° / 292.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 56m / 18.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 117.47° / -2.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.93° / 4.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -55.03° / 1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.