The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 27, 2000
Waning Crescent
41.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:16 AM
1:31 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.9%
- Age
- 22.9 days
- Distance
- 398,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 956
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 279.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.8° / 231.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 20m / -17.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 317.15° / -1.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.85° / 2.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -104.35° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.