The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 27, 1957
Waning Crescent
3.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:47 AM
7:10 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.8%
- Age
- 27.7 days
- Distance
- 385,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 425
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 337.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 66.1° / 182.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 44m / 16.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 43.56° / 0.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.55° / -0.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -162.86° / -0.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.