The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 27, 1951
Last Quarter
52.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:05 AM
1:00 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 52.1%
- Age
- 21.6 days
- Distance
- 378,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 351
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For May 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 267.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 87.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 52.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.7° / 245.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 23m / -11.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 333.33° / -1.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.18° / 1.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -80.62° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.