The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 27, 1908
Waning Crescent
6.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:53 AM
5:20 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.7%
- Age
- 27.1 days
- Distance
- 381,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- -181
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 | 330.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 53.6° / 217.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 22m / 9.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 36.46° / -4.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.57° / 6.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -145.50° / -0.75° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 62.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.