The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 27, 1922
New Moon
0.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:03 AM
7:57 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 0.5 days
- Distance
- 394,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -8
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
-
Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 5.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 59.7° / 151.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 43m / 12.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 42.37° / -2.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.88° / 4.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 169.41° / -0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.