The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 27, 2056
Waxing Gibbous
93.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:58 PM
5:38 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.2%
- Age
- 12.7 days
- Distance
- 360,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1649
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 | 149.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.0° / 6.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 37m / 1.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 188.07° / 4.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.87° / -5.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 25.86° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 300.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.