The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 27, 1943
Last Quarter
46.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:46 AM
1:10 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.2%
- Age
- 22.8 days
- Distance
- 370,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 251
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Apr 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 274.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 94.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.6° / 236.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 53m / -16.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 310.97° / 0.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.55° / -0.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -92.96° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.