The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 27, 1948
Waning Crescent
11.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:50 AM
3:14 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.6%
- Age
- 26.5 days
- Distance
- 370,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 320
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 320.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.7° / 220.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 36m / -9.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 205.70° / 0.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.42° / -0.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -137.69° / -0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.