The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 27, 2014
Waxing Crescent
31.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:44 AM
10:47 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 31.0%
- Age
- 5.2 days
- Distance
- 369,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1137
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,800 km.
Exact values
For Nov 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 67.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.2° / 108.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 56m / -12.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 312.82° / 4.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.03° / -5.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 111.86° / 1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.