The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 27, 1930
Waning Crescent
1.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:06 AM
7:24 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.5%
- Age
- 28.4 days
- Distance
- 386,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 90
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
21° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Apr 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 346.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 166.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 56.4° / 162.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 26m / 8.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 22.82° / -0.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.29° / 1.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -171.39° / 0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 62.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.