The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 27, 1994
Waning Gibbous
94.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:56 PM
7:55 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.9%
- Age
- 16.7 days
- Distance
- 360,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 882
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 | 206.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.2° / 280.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 06m / -19.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 243.24° / 0.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.21° / -0.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -22.30° / 0.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.