The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 27, 1990
Waxing Crescent
14.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
9:08 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.2%
- Age
- 3.2 days
- Distance
- 368,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 834
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 | 44.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 135.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.7° / 82.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 29m / 23.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 110.31° / 1.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.04° / -1.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 141.92° / 1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.