The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 27, 2121
Waxing Gibbous
77.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:44 PM
3:59 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.1%
- Age
- 10.3 days
- Distance
- 404,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 2453
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,900 km.
Exact values
For Apr 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 122.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.8° / 41.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 42m / 4.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 160.18° / -3.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.79° / 4.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 57.42° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.