The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 27, 1942
Waxing Gibbous
90.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:53 PM
4:31 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.4%
- Age
- 12.4 days
- Distance
- 365,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 240
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For May 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 143.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.2° / 22.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 56m / -7.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 209.68° / 3.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.56° / -4.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 30.13° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.