The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 27, 2014
Waning Crescent
3.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:37 AM
6:55 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.0%
- Age
- 27.9 days
- Distance
- 376,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1129
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 339.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 57.1° / 174.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 02m / 7.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 17.30° / 1.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.05° / -0.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -155.74° / -0.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.