The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 27, 1956
Waning Gibbous
93.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:14 PM
7:06 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.1%
- Age
- 16.6 days
- Distance
- 398,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 412
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 | 210.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.8° / 287.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 25m / -21.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 248.00° / -0.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.78° / 0.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -27.38° / 0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.