The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 27, 2154
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:19 PM
6:14 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 14.8 days
- Distance
- 359,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2861
Events on this date
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Penumbral lunar eclipse
The Moon passes through Earth's faint outer shadow and dims slightly. It starts at 8:11 PM, is deepest at 8:58 PM and ends at 9:46 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 | 174.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -59.6° / 326.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 58m / -13.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 212.03° / -1.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.05° / 1.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 2.42° / 0.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.9° |
| 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.