The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 27, 1961
Waxing Gibbous
92.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:08 PM
4:43 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.1%
- Age
- 13.0 days
- Distance
- 382,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 475
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 147.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 32.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -57.8° / 16.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 11m / -8.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 213.56° / 4.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.93° / -5.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 26.33° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.