The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 27, 1920
Waxing Gibbous
72.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:16 PM
3:32 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.4%
- Age
- 8.8 days
- Distance
- 382,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- -33
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 | 116.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.8° / 47.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 15m / 5.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 153.70° / -5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.55° / 6.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 69.08° / 0.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.