The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 27, 2009
Waxing Crescent
8.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:01 AM
11:54 PM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.7%
- Age
- 2.5 days
- Distance
- 366,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1068
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 | 33.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.7° / 88.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 37m / 26.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 71.48° / 4.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.88° / -4.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 144.44° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.