The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 27, 1949
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:37 AM
9:03 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.3 days
- Distance
- 393,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 326
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For May 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 356.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 67.4° / 130.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 01m / 23.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 62.90° / 3.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.56° / -3.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 178.45° / 1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 122.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.