The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 27, 1946
Waxing Crescent
13.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:59 AM
8:10 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.6%
- Age
- 4.0 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 296
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 | 43.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.0° / 134.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 19m / -25.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 287.86° / -3.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.98° / 4.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 133.56° / 0.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.