The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 27, 1962
New Moon
0.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:36 AM
5:48 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 0.4 days
- Distance
- 395,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 494
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 5.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 5.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.4° / 167.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 36m / -18.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 249.99° / 3.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.77° / -4.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 170.91° / 1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.