The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 27, 1992
Waxing Crescent
11.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:21 AM
8:17 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.6%
- Age
- 3.3 days
- Distance
- 394,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 865
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Neptune, Uranus, and Venus gathered
All within 4.6° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
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Venus and Neptune close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 39.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.2° / 134.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 06m / -20.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 285.47° / 2.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.86° / -2.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 144.61° / -0.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.