The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 27, 2059
Full Moon
100.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:28 PM
6:40 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 100.0%
- Age
- 15.3 days
- Distance
- 393,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1686
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
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Jupiter behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Apr 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 178.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 2.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.2° / 320.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 17m / -11.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 215.83° / 1.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.59° / -1.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -2.94° / -0.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 328.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.