The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 27, 1967
Waning Gibbous
85.9% 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
11:43 PM
7:40 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.9%
- Age
- 17.8 days
- Distance
- 370,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 548
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 | 224.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.1° / 270.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 19m / -26.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 260.75° / -3.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.64° / 5.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -37.61° / 0.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.