The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 27, 1966
First Quarter
53.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:28 PM
2:37 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.6%
- Age
- 7.3 days
- Distance
- 369,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 537
Events on this date
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,700 km.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 93.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.0° / 59.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 54m / 12.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 159.87° / 5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.97° / -6.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 85.96° / 0.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.