The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 27, 1974
Waxing Crescent
40.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:25 PM
1:07 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.1%
- Age
- 5.8 days
- Distance
- 369,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 636
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 | 78.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.7° / 74.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 41m / 8.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 144.43° / -4.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.06° / 6.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 104.63° / 0.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.