The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 27, 1986
Waning Crescent
20.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:36 AM
2:38 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.6%
- Age
- 25.5 days
- Distance
- 376,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 790
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 | 306.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.4° / 236.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 43m / -3.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 191.23° / 0.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.38° / -0.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -133.09° / -1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.