The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 27, 2008
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:42 AM
4:48 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 0.0 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1063
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 3.7° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
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Mars, Mercury, and Moon gathered
All within 4.1° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 0.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.3° / 175.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 12m / -25.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 245.87° / -4.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.25° / 6.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -178.05° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 7.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.