The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 27, 1958
Waxing Gibbous
58.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:50 PM
1:43 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.6%
- Age
- 8.5 days
- Distance
- 373,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 437
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 | 99.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.7° / 57.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 10m / 10.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 136.70° / -5.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.56° / 7.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 73.65° / -0.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.