The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 27, 2149
Waning Gibbous
81.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:45 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.0%
- Age
- 19.3 days
- Distance
- 400,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2799
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 231.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.9° / 261.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 57m / -21.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 269.33° / 2.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.18° / -2.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -57.14° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.