The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 27, 1905
Waning Crescent
38.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:14 AM
12:59 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.0%
- Age
- 22.7 days
- Distance
- 398,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -219
Events on this date
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Venus at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Apr 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 284.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 103.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.4° / 243.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 31m / -13.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 320.83° / 1.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.12° / -1.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -98.05° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.