The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 27, 1975
Waning Gibbous
95.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:47 PM
7:45 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.6%
- Age
- 16.0 days
- Distance
- 374,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 647
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 | 204.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.0° / 282.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 55m / -20.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 240.96° / -0.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.20° / 0.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -18.49° / 0.63° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.