The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 27, 2081
Waning Gibbous
79.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:36 AM
9:18 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.7%
- Age
- 18.3 days
- Distance
- 390,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1958
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 | 233.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.6° / 253.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 07m / -28.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 271.55° / -5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.98° / 7.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -47.70° / 1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.