The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 27, 1993
Waxing Crescent
37.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:10 PM
12:58 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.7%
- Age
- 6.1 days
- Distance
- 372,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 871
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 | 75.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.1° / 76.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 31m / 9.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 141.93° / -4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.65° / 6.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 100.80° / 0.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.