The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 27, 1950
Waxing Gibbous
79.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:26 PM
3:29 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.4%
- Age
- 10.6 days
- Distance
- 365,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 339
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 125.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.7° / 47.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 42m / -5.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 191.65° / -0.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.73° / 1.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 48.73° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.