The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 27, 2091
Waxing Gibbous
59.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:51 PM
3:01 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.9%
- Age
- 8.8 days
- Distance
- 375,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2082
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 101.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.4° / 53.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 23m / 13.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 138.99° / -1.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.25° / 2.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 71.44° / -1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.6° |
| 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.