The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 27, 1920
Waxing Gibbous
77.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:16 PM
3:08 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.7%
- Age
- 9.4 days
- Distance
- 392,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -32
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 | 123.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.0° / 51.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 30m / -6.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 189.60° / -3.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.11° / 4.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 62.75° / -0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.