The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 27, 2054
Waning Gibbous
70.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:50 AM
10:56 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.5%
- Age
- 19.5 days
- Distance
- 400,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1624
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 | 245.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.2° / 254.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 57m / -18.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 283.52° / 4.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.58° / -4.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -62.50° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.