The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 27, 1963
Waxing Crescent
20.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:50 AM
11:59 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.4%
- Age
- 3.9 days
- Distance
- 370,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 499
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Apr 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 53.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.9° / 89.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 01m / 21.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 90.32° / -2.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.35° / 3.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 132.88° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.