The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 27, 1969
Waxing Gibbous
80.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:36 PM
3:29 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.6%
- Age
- 11.3 days
- Distance
- 377,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 574
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 | 127.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.7° / 46.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 49m / -6.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 193.80° / -1.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.84° / 2.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 44.92° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.