The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 27, 1931
Waxing Gibbous
80.7% 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
4:35 PM
3:36 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.7%
- Age
- 10.0 days
- Distance
- 367,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 104
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 367,600 km.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
25° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For May 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 127.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.9° / 44.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 49m / -5.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 193.21° / 0.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.01° / 0.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 52.53° / 1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.