The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 27, 2024
Waning Gibbous
86.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:31 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.8%
- Age
- 18.9 days
- Distance
- 388,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1253
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 | 222.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.5° / 261.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 17m / -27.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 260.42° / -4.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.76° / 6.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -48.52° / 0.60° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.