The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 27, 1955
Waxing Crescent
33.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:11 AM
1:18 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.5%
- Age
- 5.1 days
- Distance
- 370,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 400
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
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Jupiter, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 2.8° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 70.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.5° / 70.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 14m / 20.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 107.17° / -1.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.18° / 2.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 114.74° / 1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.