The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 27, 1932
Last Quarter
45.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:25 AM
1:40 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.6%
- Age
- 21.9 days
- Distance
- 397,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 116
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For May 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 275.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.7° / 242.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 53m / -8.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 341.35° / -1.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.29° / 1.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -89.04° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.