The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, November 27, 2079
Waxing Crescent
15.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:21 AM
8:21 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.5%
- Age
- 4.2 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1941
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 46.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.9° / 132.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 37m / -26.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 291.69° / -5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.04° / 7.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 131.28° / -1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.