The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 27, 1959
Waning Gibbous
67.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:44 AM
11:36 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.4%
- Age
- 19.8 days
- Distance
- 379,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 450
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 | 249.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.3° / 257.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 06m / -12.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 315.34° / 4.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.78° / -5.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -62.00° / -1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.