The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 27, 2179
Waning Gibbous
60.6% 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
1:43 AM
11:52 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.6%
- Age
- 20.4 days
- Distance
- 391,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3170
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 | 257.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.4° / 247.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 46m / -17.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 295.28° / 3.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.73° / -3.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -71.14° / 0.95° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.