The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 27, 1948
Waning Gibbous
81.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:12 AM
9:11 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.9%
- Age
- 18.1 days
- Distance
- 393,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 313
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 230.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.4° / 256.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 50m / -27.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 267.72° / -3.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.07° / 5.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -45.48° / -0.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.