The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 27, 2170
Waxing Gibbous
87.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:57 PM
5:14 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.4%
- Age
- 11.3 days
- Distance
- 362,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3059
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 | 138.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.5° / 19.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 54m / 6.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 176.14° / 4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.22° / -5.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 39.61° / -0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 298.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.