The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 1, 1927
New Moon
0.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:22 AM
6:27 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 28.9 days
- Distance
- 357,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 52
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,000 km.
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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.
Exact values
For Apr 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 353.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 46.2° / 173.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 23m / -2.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 4.15° / -5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.77° / 7.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -173.72° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 27.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.