The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 27, 1956
Waning Crescent
22.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:35 AM
2:11 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.1%
- Age
- 25.0 days
- Distance
- 378,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 419
Events on this date
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Saturn behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Nov 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 304.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 123.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.1° / 237.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 29m / -7.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 189.56° / -4.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.82° / 6.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -119.00° / 0.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.