The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 27, 2090
Waning Crescent
4.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:37 AM
6:27 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.5%
- Age
- 27.5 days
- Distance
- 400,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2069
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 335.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 53.7° / 180.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 52m / 4.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 13.56° / -1.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.41° / 2.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -158.75° / -0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 63.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.