The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 27, 1964
Waning Gibbous
98.6% 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
10:11 PM
7:01 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.6%
- Age
- 15.8 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 512
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,200 km.
-
Jupiter, Mars, and Mercury gathered
All within 4.4° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For May 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 193.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 13.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.1° / 288.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 18m / -22.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 260.17° / 1.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.22° / -1.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -14.61° / -0.72° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.