The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 27, 1916
Waning Crescent
21.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:05 AM
2:54 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.2%
- Age
- 25.0 days
- Distance
- 379,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -83
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Apr 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 305.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.1° / 234.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 50m / -3.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 342.40° / 3.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.89° / -3.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -120.50° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.