The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 27, 2057
Waxing Crescent
1.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:40 AM
6:16 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.8%
- Age
- 1.1 days
- Distance
- 359,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1669
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
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Mars, Mercury, and Moon gathered
All within 1.3° of each other in the sky.
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,500 km.
Exact values
For Nov 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 15.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.1° / 158.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 23m / -22.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 261.44° / 0.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.07° / 0.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 164.06° / 0.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.