The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 27, 1989
Waning Gibbous
55.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:47 AM
12:41 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.7%
- Age
- 22.2 days
- Distance
- 374,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 821
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 | 263.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.4° / 248.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 08m / -11.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 329.88° / 0.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.72° / 0.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -88.24° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.