The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 27, 1904
Waxing Gibbous
93.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:00 PM
4:19 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.4%
- Age
- 11.8 days
- Distance
- 366,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -231
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 | 150.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.2° / 31.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 28m / -2.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 187.18° / 0.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.09° / -0.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 31.35° / -1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.