The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 27, 1928
Waxing Gibbous
62.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:25 PM
3:05 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.9%
- Age
- 8.1 days
- Distance
- 396,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 67
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 | 104.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.7° / 54.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 35m / 8.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 170.99° / 5.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.18° / -6.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 81.36° / -0.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.