The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 27, 1960
Waxing Crescent
4.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:58 AM
10:35 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.4%
- Age
- 2.1 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 463
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 | 23.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.2° / 103.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 00m / 18.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 89.95° / -4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.18° / 6.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 155.96° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.