The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 27, 2198
Waning Gibbous
57.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:52 AM
12:16 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.1%
- Age
- 21.1 days
- Distance
- 377,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3405
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 261.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.2° / 246.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 04m / -16.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 299.78° / 4.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.00° / -4.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -74.94° / 0.77° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.