The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 27, 1939
Waxing Gibbous
68.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:17 PM
2:39 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.9%
- Age
- 8.5 days
- Distance
- 373,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 203
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 | 112.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.0° / 58.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 46m / -2.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 177.63° / -3.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.27° / 4.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 71.16° / -0.72° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.