The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 27, 1934
Waxing Gibbous
95.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:42 PM
4:15 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.8%
- Age
- 13.7 days
- Distance
- 381,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 140
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 | 156.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.3° / 29.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 43m / -9.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 193.46° / -4.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.58° / 5.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 17.33° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.