The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 27, 2070
Waning Gibbous
95.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:36 PM
8:04 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.3%
- Age
- 16.6 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1822
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 | 204.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.2° / 284.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 05m / -17.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 242.56° / 3.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.05° / -3.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -25.30° / -0.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.