The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 27, 1973
Waxing Crescent
7.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:53 AM
7:30 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.4%
- Age
- 2.9 days
- Distance
- 405,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 630
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
20° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Nov 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 31.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 148.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.0° / 142.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 29m / -22.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 276.79° / 0.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.37° / -0.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 148.42° / -0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.