The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 27, 1972
Waxing Gibbous
99.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:52 PM
5:20 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 14.5 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 611
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 | 174.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -70.0° / 315.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 50m / -24.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 240.72° / -4.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.80° / 5.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 3.97° / 1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.