The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 27, 1968
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:57 AM
9:42 PM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 0.4 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 562
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 3.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 64.1° / 115.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 32m / 26.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 70.26° / 4.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.29° / -5.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 174.64° / 1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 219.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.