The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 27, 1902
Waning Gibbous
79.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:42 PM
9:00 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.5%
- Age
- 19.1 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -256
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 | 233.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.5° / 271.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 01m / -19.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 270.28° / 4.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.02° / -5.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -57.00° / -0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.