The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 27, 2021
Waning Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:20 PM
7:04 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 15.6 days
- Distance
- 357,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1216
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,400 km.
Exact values
For Apr 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 187.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.3° / 305.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 53m / -14.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 225.01° / 2.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.33° / -2.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -7.51° / -0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.