The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 27, 1923
Waxing Gibbous
85.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:42 PM
3:40 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.5%
- Age
- 11.4 days
- Distance
- 363,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 4
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 | 135.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.7° / 44.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 29m / 3.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 171.53° / 0.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.38° / 0.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 39.73° / -1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.