The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 27, 1965
Waning Crescent
16.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:03 AM
4:21 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.4%
- Age
- 25.7 days
- Distance
- 391,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 523
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 312.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.2° / 205.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 30m / -8.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 349.72° / -5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.90° / 7.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -137.84° / -0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 61.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.