The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 27, 1913
Last Quarter
52.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:09 AM
11:50 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 52.9%
- Age
- 21.4 days
- Distance
- 403,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -119
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
-
Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.7, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For May 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 266.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 86.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 52.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.9° / 254.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 22m / -12.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 332.57° / -2.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.13° / 3.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -85.75° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.