The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 27, 1942
Waxing Gibbous
86.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:49 PM
4:49 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.3%
- Age
- 12.1 days
- Distance
- 376,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 239
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 136.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.8° / 24.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 37m / 3.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 173.20° / 0.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.57° / -0.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 36.42° / -1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.