The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 27, 2106
Waxing Crescent
4.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:04 AM
7:06 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.3%
- Age
- 2.1 days
- Distance
- 402,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2275
Events on this date
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Mars, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 5.2° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 23.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 156.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.5° / 148.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 54m / -19.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 268.57° / 3.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.22° / -4.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 158.33° / 0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.