The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 27, 2028
Waxing Crescent
8.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:04 AM
11:49 PM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.7%
- Age
- 2.8 days
- Distance
- 384,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1303
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.7, as bright as it gets this time around.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 33.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.4° / 88.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 39m / 25.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 71.89° / 3.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.68° / -4.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 140.64° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.