The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 27, 1968
New Moon
0.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:29 AM
7:44 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.0%
- Age
- 0.1 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 561
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Moon and Mercury 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 | 0.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 178.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 64.7° / 162.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 21m / 15.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 38.23° / 1.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.15° / -1.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -179.53° / 0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 188.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -3.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.