The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 27, 1996
Waxing Gibbous
67.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:39 PM
3:18 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.1%
- Age
- 9.7 days
- Distance
- 399,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 907
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 | 109.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.8° / 50.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 53m / 8.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 147.56° / -4.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.14° / 5.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 66.04° / -0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.