The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 27, 1956
Waning Gibbous
91.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:23 PM
8:32 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.7%
- Age
- 17.1 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 413
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 | 213.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.2° / 273.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 42m / -20.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 279.84° / 2.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.44° / -3.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -33.20° / 0.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.