The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 27, 1978
Waning Gibbous
66.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:48 AM
11:41 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.6%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 369,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 685
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 | 250.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.5° / 256.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 12m / -12.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 316.75° / 3.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.96° / -4.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -65.82° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.8° |
| 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.