The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 27, 1999
Waxing Gibbous
92.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:40 PM
5:29 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.0%
- Age
- 11.5 days
- Distance
- 399,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 944
Events on this date
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Saturn behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Apr 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 147.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 32.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.3° / 10.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 21m / 1.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 184.20° / 3.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.82° / -4.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 37.25° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 298.2° |
| 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.