The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 27, 1937
Waning Gibbous
95.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:58 PM
7:51 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.1%
- Age
- 17.1 days
- Distance
- 403,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 178
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 | 205.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.6° / 277.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 07m / -21.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 271.55° / 1.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.43° / -1.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -29.42° / 0.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.