The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 27, 1974
Waxing Crescent
31.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:01 AM
1:06 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 31.5%
- Age
- 5.2 days
- Distance
- 369,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 635
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,300 km.
Exact values
For Apr 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 68.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 111.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 31.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.1° / 71.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 05m / 20.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 105.19° / -2.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.01° / 3.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 110.95° / 1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.