The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 27, 1942
Waxing Gibbous
80.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:04 PM
3:44 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.3%
- Age
- 10.8 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 236
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 127.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.6° / 45.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 55m / 17.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 74.49° / -5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.01° / 7.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 52.15° / 0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.2° |
| 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.