The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 27, 1953
Waxing Gibbous
97.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:16 PM
5:28 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.6%
- Age
- 13.8 days
- Distance
- 400,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 375
Events on this date
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Moon, Neptune, and Saturn gathered
All within 7.6° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 162.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -62.2° / 351.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 06m / -12.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 199.81° / -4.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.11° / 6.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 14.05° / 1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.