The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 27, 1964
Waning Gibbous
99.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:24 PM
7:21 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.1%
- Age
- 15.1 days
- Distance
- 403,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 511
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 190.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.8° / 302.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 05m / -13.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 227.67° / 3.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.75° / -4.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -8.30° / -1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.