The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 27, 2101
Waning Crescent
0.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:53 AM
8:05 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.6%
- Age
- 28.9 days
- Distance
- 402,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2205
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 352.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 62.5° / 151.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 43m / 15.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 29.32° / 4.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.99° / -5.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -169.01° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.