The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 27, 2159
Waxing Gibbous
77.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:50 PM
3:54 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.4%
- Age
- 9.3 days
- Distance
- 382,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 2923
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Apr 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 123.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.8° / 41.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 42m / 3.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 160.52° / -4.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.95° / 6.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 62.03° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.9° |
| 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.