The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 22, 2027
Waning Gibbous
96.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:42 PM
7:15 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.5%
- Age
- 15.7 days
- Distance
- 390,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1290
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Apr 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 200.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.3° / 282.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 18m / -23.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 233.29° / -5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.18° / 6.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -16.40° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 119.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.