The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 27, 2186
Waxing Gibbous
64.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:10 PM
3:35 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.3%
- Age
- 8.0 days
- Distance
- 373,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 3257
Events on this date
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Mars and Uranus close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 106.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.7° / 47.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 49m / 15.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 144.20° / 1.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.18° / -2.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 76.83° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.