The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 27, 1928
Waxing Gibbous
58.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:23 PM
2:31 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.6%
- Age
- 7.5 days
- Distance
- 386,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 66
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 | 99.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.0° / 59.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 24m / 20.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 136.93° / 4.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.87° / -5.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 87.19° / -0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.