The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 27, 2135
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:20 PM
6:19 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 14.1 days
- Distance
- 359,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2626
Events on this date
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Partial lunar eclipse
Part of the Moon passes through Earth's dark inner shadow. It starts at 7:19 PM, is deepest at 8:21 PM and ends at 9:23 PM. Partly visible from Columbus: the Moon is below the horizon for some of it.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Apr 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 175.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -58.8° / 325.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 59m / -12.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 212.06° / -0.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.18° / 1.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 6.23° / 0.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.