The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 27, 2053
Waning Gibbous
95.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:18 PM
9:02 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.4%
- Age
- 17.3 days
- Distance
- 362,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 1619
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.9, as bright as it gets this time around.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 362,500 km.
Exact values
For Nov 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 204.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.9° / 327.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 02m / 18.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 90.41° / -4.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.07° / 7.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -25.17° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.