The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 27, 1989
Waning Gibbous
62.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:04 AM
11:15 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.9%
- Age
- 21.5 days
- Distance
- 383,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 820
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 | 255.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.3° / 243.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 40m / -24.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 292.52° / -3.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.63° / 4.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -81.93° / 1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.