The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 27, 1944
Waxing Crescent
28.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:57 AM
12:52 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.5%
- Age
- 5.4 days
- Distance
- 400,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 265
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 | 64.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.1° / 74.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 53m / 18.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 130.61° / 1.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.97° / -1.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 118.64° / -1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.