The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 27, 2062
Waning Gibbous
85.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:40 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.3%
- Age
- 17.9 days
- Distance
- 403,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1723
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 | 225.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.6° / 259.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 27m / -28.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 262.73° / -5.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.40° / 7.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -43.90° / 0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.