The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 27, 1977
Waxing Gibbous
60.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:02 PM
2:53 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.8%
- Age
- 9.2 days
- Distance
- 387,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 672
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 | 102.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.8° / 55.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 22m / 10.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 139.69° / -4.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.76° / 6.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 69.85° / -0.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.