The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 27, 1991
Waxing Gibbous
99.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:33 PM
5:10 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.3%
- Age
- 13.5 days
- Distance
- 401,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 846
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 | 170.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -70.9° / 325.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 34m / -23.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 236.80° / -4.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.32° / 5.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 12.38° / 1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.