The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 27, 2008
Waning Gibbous
59.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:17 AM
11:42 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.3%
- Age
- 21.5 days
- Distance
- 396,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1055
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 259.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.0° / 241.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 59m / -23.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 297.21° / -2.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.12° / 3.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -85.72° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.