The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 27, 1969
Waxing Gibbous
76.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:34 PM
4:22 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.8%
- Age
- 10.9 days
- Distance
- 389,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 573
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 | 122.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.2° / 36.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 47m / 9.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 159.49° / 1.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.72° / -1.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 51.22° / 0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.1° |
| 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.