The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 27, 1991
Waxing Gibbous
98.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:34 PM
5:33 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.3%
- Age
- 12.8 days
- Distance
- 392,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 845
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 | 165.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -63.1° / 344.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 17m / -13.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 202.83° / -5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.71° / 6.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 18.67° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.