The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 27, 2130
Waning Gibbous
83.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:31 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.7%
- Age
- 19.3 days
- Distance
- 384,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2564
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Apr 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 227.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.6° / 264.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 39m / -20.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 264.95° / 3.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.35° / -3.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -53.34° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.