The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 27, 1978
Waning Gibbous
74.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:34 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.1%
- Age
- 20.1 days
- Distance
- 366,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 684
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 | 241.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.1° / 267.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 34m / -18.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 278.19° / 5.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.23° / -6.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -60.03° / -0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.