The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 27, 2013
Waning Gibbous
95.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:50 PM
7:54 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.2%
- Age
- 17.3 days
- Distance
- 362,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1117
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 362,300 km.
Exact values
For Apr 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 205.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.4° / 282.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 04m / -19.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 242.75° / 1.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.46° / -1.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -26.10° / 0.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.3° |
| 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.