The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 27, 2176
Waning Gibbous
88.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:22 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.5%
- Age
- 18.0 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 3133
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Apr 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 219.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.4° / 263.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 05m / -27.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 257.71° / -4.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.31° / 5.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -42.34° / 1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.