The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 27, 2178
Waxing Gibbous
76.6% 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
3:45 PM
3:48 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.6%
- Age
- 9.6 days
- Distance
- 368,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 3158
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,500 km.
Exact values
For Apr 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 122.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.2° / 43.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 38m / 3.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 159.71° / -4.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.99° / 6.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 58.22° / 1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.8° |
| 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.