The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 27, 1982
Waxing Crescent
19.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
9:45 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.6%
- Age
- 3.8 days
- Distance
- 364,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 734
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 | 52.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.6° / 80.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 58m / 22.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 89.56° / -1.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.00° / 2.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 129.58° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.