The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 27, 1961
Waxing Gibbous
90.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:18 PM
4:10 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.0%
- Age
- 12.5 days
- Distance
- 393,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 474
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 | 143.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.0° / 36.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 04m / 1.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 180.22° / 2.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.27° / -2.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 32.12° / -1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.