The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 27, 1906
Waxing Crescent
16.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:39 AM
11:25 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.8%
- Age
- 4.4 days
- Distance
- 397,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -205
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 | 48.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.3° / 93.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 41m / 19.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 113.74° / -1.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.14° / 2.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 125.75° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.