The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 27, 1939
Waxing Gibbous
60.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:01 PM
1:50 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.9%
- Age
- 8.0 days
- Distance
- 369,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 202
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 | 102.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.9° / 67.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 19m / 10.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 139.03° / -5.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.50° / 7.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 76.96° / 0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.