The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 27, 2005
Waning Crescent
16.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:12 AM
2:46 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.7%
- Age
- 25.6 days
- Distance
- 392,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1025
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 | 311.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.7° / 230.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 04m / -7.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 197.51° / -0.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.28° / 1.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -136.90° / -1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.