The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 27, 1977
Waxing Gibbous
66.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:59 PM
2:35 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.3%
- Age
- 9.5 days
- Distance
- 376,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 673
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
25° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For May 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 108.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.8° / 59.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 38m / -0.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 175.15° / -2.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.59° / 3.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 63.53° / -1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.