The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 27, 1959
Waning Gibbous
73.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:26 AM
10:41 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.5%
- Age
- 19.5 days
- Distance
- 369,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 449
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 242.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.9° / 257.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 36m / -17.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 278.65° / 5.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.39° / -6.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -55.70° / -0.67° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.