The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 27, 1949
Waning Crescent
0.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:16 AM
7:59 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 29.0 days
- Distance
- 402,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 325
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 352.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 58.3° / 150.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 50m / 11.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 29.66° / 0.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.60° / 0.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -175.21° / 0.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.