The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 27, 2042
Waxing Gibbous
58.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:02 PM
2:46 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.8%
- Age
- 8.2 days
- Distance
- 403,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1477
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 | 99.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.3° / 58.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 15m / 8.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 166.46° / 3.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.90° / -3.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 82.96° / 1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.6° |
| 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.