The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 27, 1981
Waning Crescent
41.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:43 AM
2:01 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.5%
- Age
- 23.5 days
- Distance
- 375,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 722
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 | 279.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.9° / 238.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 15m / -8.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 346.23° / -3.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.97° / 4.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -106.88° / -1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.