The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 27, 1925
Waxing Crescent
21.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:13 AM
12:14 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.5%
- Age
- 5.0 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 30
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 | 55.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.0° / 79.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 12m / 19.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 120.99° / -0.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.46° / 1.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 122.45° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.