The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 27, 2015
Waxing Gibbous
65.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:30 PM
3:17 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.9%
- Age
- 8.9 days
- Distance
- 403,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1142
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 | 108.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.2° / 51.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 46m / 9.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 145.50° / -3.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.78° / 5.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 74.43° / -0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.