The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 27, 2117
Waning Crescent
15.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:53 AM
4:28 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.9%
- Age
- 25.4 days
- Distance
- 405,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2403
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,700 km.
Exact values
For Apr 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 313.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.8° / 207.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 29m / -5.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 350.52° / -2.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.96° / 3.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -131.67° / 0.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.