The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 27, 1911
Waning Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:28 AM
7:33 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 358,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -144
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 | 352.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 70.8° / 184.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 39m / 21.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 57.35° / 1.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.48° / -1.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -174.42° / 0.67° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.