The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 27, 1909
Waxing Gibbous
56.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:41 PM
1:46 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.3%
- Age
- 8.1 days
- Distance
- 403,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -168
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 | 97.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.4° / 68.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 05m / 11.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 162.84° / 5.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.73° / -6.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 84.65° / -0.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.