The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 27, 2155
Waxing Crescent
11.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:51 AM
7:51 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.4%
- Age
- 2.9 days
- Distance
- 365,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2881
Events on this date
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Mars and Neptune close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 365,200 km.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
22° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
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Mars, Moon, Neptune, and Venus gathered
All within 5.3° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 39.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.6° / 138.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 05m / -27.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 284.40° / -4.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.31° / 6.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 140.43° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.