The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 7, 1927
Waxing Crescent
36.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:09 AM
12:33 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.7%
- Age
- 5.5 days
- Distance
- 382,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 53
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Apr 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 74.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.1° / 74.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 06m / 23.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 91.27° / 0.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.26° / 0.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 112.99° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.0° |
| 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.