The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 27, 1973
Waning Crescent
30.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:29 AM
1:49 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.9%
- Age
- 24.2 days
- Distance
- 387,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 622
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 | 292.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.2° / 241.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 02m / -7.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 329.92° / 3.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.08° / -4.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -119.69° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.