The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 27, 1942
Waxing Gibbous
74.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:58 PM
4:26 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.9%
- Age
- 10.7 days
- Distance
- 393,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 238
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 119.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.5° / 36.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 31m / 15.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 126.18° / -3.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.93° / 4.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 54.46° / -0.60° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.