The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 27, 2080
Waxing Gibbous
59.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:35 PM
3:32 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.5%
- Age
- 7.6 days
- Distance
- 371,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1946
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 | 100.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.9° / 49.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 32m / 19.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 139.12° / 4.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.48° / -4.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 81.68° / 0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.