The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 27, 2162
Waxing Gibbous
95.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:43 PM
5:17 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.7%
- Age
- 13.0 days
- Distance
- 358,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2960
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 | 156.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -58.3° / 2.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 46m / -7.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 193.77° / -2.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.36° / 4.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 21.02° / 0.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.