The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 27, 1980
Waxing Gibbous
93.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:59 PM
5:36 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.6%
- Age
- 12.5 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 709
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 | 150.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.4° / 6.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 36m / -0.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 188.30° / 3.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.11° / -3.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 28.84° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 298.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.