The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 27, 1976
Waning Crescent
2.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:34 AM
7:00 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.8%
- Age
- 28.0 days
- Distance
- 406,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 659
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,400 km.
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Jupiter behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
21° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Apr 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 340.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 58.7° / 173.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 04m / 9.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 18.39° / 2.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.40° / -2.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -160.34° / 0.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.