The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 27, 1945
Waning Gibbous
99.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:33 PM
6:38 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 15.8 days
- Distance
- 397,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 277
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 | 186.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -58.0° / 299.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 46m / -20.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 252.67° / 2.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.41° / -2.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -10.84° / -0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.