The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 27, 1954
Waxing Crescent
4.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:26 AM
6:49 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.3%
- Age
- 2.2 days
- Distance
- 402,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 395
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 | 23.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 156.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.1° / 150.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 55m / -24.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 268.80° / -0.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.44° / 1.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 152.23° / -0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.