The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 27, 1918
Waning Gibbous
96.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:42 PM
7:21 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.9%
- Age
- 17.1 days
- Distance
- 387,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -57
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 | 200.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.5° / 280.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 42m / -23.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 265.96° / 0.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.75° / -0.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -25.63° / 0.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.