The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 27, 1957
Waxing Crescent
35.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:57 AM
11:10 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.3%
- Age
- 6.0 days
- Distance
- 400,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 432
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 | 72.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.2° / 104.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 15m / -10.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 317.83° / 5.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.37° / -5.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 111.08° / 0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.