The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 27, 1976
Waning Crescent
1.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:14 AM
7:41 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.9%
- Age
- 28.2 days
- Distance
- 402,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 660
Events on this date
-
Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 5.8° of each other in the sky.
-
Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 344.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 66.3° / 164.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 14m / 17.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 50.77° / -0.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.47° / 1.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -166.68° / -0.64° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.