The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 27, 1943
Waning Crescent
37.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:50 AM
2:24 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.9%
- Age
- 23.3 days
- Distance
- 375,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 252
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 | 284.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.9° / 236.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 26m / -6.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 349.64° / -2.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.88° / 3.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -99.26° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.