The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 27, 2042
Waxing Gibbous
55.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:07 PM
3:26 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.8%
- Age
- 7.6 days
- Distance
- 397,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1476
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
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Mars, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 7.4° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
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Neptune behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Apr 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 96.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.5° / 50.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 12m / 21.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 134.03° / 5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.72° / -6.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 89.27° / 0.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.