The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 27, 2012
Waxing Crescent
32.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:13 AM
1:09 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.7%
- Age
- 6.4 days
- Distance
- 395,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1105
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 | 69.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.2° / 72.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 14m / 18.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 107.40° / -3.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.25° / 5.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 103.32° / 0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.