The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 27, 2160
Waning Gibbous
58.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:54 AM
12:05 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.4%
- Age
- 20.9 days
- Distance
- 403,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2935
Events on this date
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Saturn at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
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Venus behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 260.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.5° / 246.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 59m / -17.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 298.39° / 3.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.11° / -3.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -79.52° / 1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.