The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, November 27, 2073
Waning Crescent
3.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:19 AM
4:26 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.6%
- Age
- 27.9 days
- Distance
- 359,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1866
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,800 km.
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Mercury, Saturn, and Venus gathered
All within 2.1° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 338.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.8° / 198.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 56m / -11.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 224.86° / 5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.18° / -5.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -158.59° / 1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 117.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.