The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 27, 1904
Waxing Gibbous
96.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:07 PM
4:10 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.6%
- Age
- 12.3 days
- Distance
- 376,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -230
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 | 158.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.6° / 26.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 55m / -12.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 224.93° / 3.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.32° / -4.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 25.05° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.