The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 27, 1980
Waxing Gibbous
94.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:42 PM
5:05 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.9%
- Age
- 13.2 days
- Distance
- 399,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 710
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 | 154.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.6° / 4.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 40m / -10.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 220.84° / 4.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.93° / -6.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 22.54° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 297.1° |
| 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.