The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 27, 1955
Waxing Gibbous
94.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:29 PM
5:01 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.2%
- Age
- 13.2 days
- Distance
- 364,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 407
Events on this date
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Mars and Neptune close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 152.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.0° / 26.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 14m / 17.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 36.99° / 3.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.94° / -3.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 22.60° / -0.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.