The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 27, 1923
Waxing Gibbous
90.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:55 PM
4:29 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.6%
- Age
- 11.7 days
- Distance
- 361,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 5
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 | 144.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.6° / 22.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 55m / -8.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 209.64° / 3.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.39° / -4.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 33.94° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.