The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 27, 2115
Waxing Crescent
11.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
8:36 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.7%
- Age
- 2.9 days
- Distance
- 364,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2379
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 364,800 km.
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Mars, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 6.5° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 39.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.9° / 85.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 01m / 24.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 76.68° / 2.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.08° / -2.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 139.61° / -0.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.