The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 27, 2018
Waning Gibbous
75.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:54 PM
11:44 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.4%
- Age
- 20.0 days
- Distance
- 367,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1186
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 239.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.8° / 298.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 30m / 19.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 125.03° / 0.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.44° / 0.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -58.55° / 1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.