The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 27, 1938
Waning Crescent
5.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:31 AM
6:54 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.2%
- Age
- 27.4 days
- Distance
- 367,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 190
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
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Mercury, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 4.3° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 333.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 153.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 65.3° / 192.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 26m / 16.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 39.35° / 1.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.60° / -1.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -159.04° / -0.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.