The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 27, 2016
Waning Crescent
3.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:32 AM
4:28 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.1%
- Age
- 28.0 days
- Distance
- 406,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1161
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,500 km.
Exact values
For Nov 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 340.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.5° / 196.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 01m / -12.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 226.27° / 4.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.96° / -5.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -159.37° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 117.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.