The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 27, 1933
Waxing Crescent
9.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
8:14 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.4%
- Age
- 3.2 days
- Distance
- 404,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 129
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 | 35.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.8° / 85.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 51m / 26.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 101.28° / 3.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.70° / -4.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 141.11° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.