The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 27, 1951
Waning Gibbous
59.2% 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
1:21 AM
10:31 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.2%
- Age
- 21.3 days
- Distance
- 370,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 350
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 | 259.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.5° / 249.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 56m / -24.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 296.17° / -4.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.82° / 5.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -74.83° / 1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.0° |
| 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.