The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 27, 1975
Waning Gibbous
93.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:10 PM
8:16 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.3%
- Age
- 16.4 days
- Distance
- 387,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 648
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 | 209.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.2° / 276.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 24m / -20.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 275.68° / 3.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.40° / -3.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -24.80° / -0.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.