The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 27, 2018
Waxing Gibbous
93.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:01 PM
5:40 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.6%
- Age
- 11.6 days
- Distance
- 381,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1179
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 | 150.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.7° / 5.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 37m / 0.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 188.31° / 4.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.72° / -5.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 33.46° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 299.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.