The Moon on this date

Moon on Tuesday, November 30, 2027

Waxing Crescent

6.7% illuminated · waxing

Shown at midday from Columbus, US.

Rise, set and path

Times for Columbus, US

Moonrise
SE
Highest
24°
Moonset
SW
Moon's height Daylight Twilight Night

Key figures

Illuminated
6.7%
Age
2.6 days
Distance
397,600 km
Apparent size
30.0′
Constellation
Sagittarius
Lunation number
1298

Events on this date

  1. Moon and Mars close together

    They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.

  2. Mars, Moon, and Venus gathered

    All within 2.6° of each other in the sky.

  3. Uranus at opposition

    Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.

  4. Moon and Venus close together

    They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.

Exact values

For Nov 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.

Elongation from the Sun29.84°
Phase angle150.01°
Illuminated fraction6.69%
Altitude / azimuth15.0° / 145.0°
Right ascension / declination18h 36m / -25.39°
Ecliptic longitude / latitude278.10° / -2.21°
Libration in longitude / latitude4.15° / 3.69°
Sub-solar longitude / latitude153.77° / -1.29°
Position angle of the axis357.6°
Position angle of the bright limb271.4°
Apparent magnitude-6.8

Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.

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