The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 27, 1924
Waning Crescent
29.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:16 AM
3:17 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.5%
- Age
- 23.7 days
- Distance
- 394,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 17
Events on this date
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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 | 294.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.0° / 231.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 06m / -2.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 0.38° / -2.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.76° / 4.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -107.67° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.