The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 27, 2048
Waxing Gibbous
98.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:54 PM
5:39 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.9%
- Age
- 14.4 days
- Distance
- 362,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1550
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 | 168.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -63.4° / 338.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 33m / -14.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 206.88° / -4.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.80° / 6.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 7.28° / 1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.