The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 27, 1994
Waning Gibbous
91.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:27 PM
8:39 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.2%
- Age
- 17.0 days
- Distance
- 369,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 883
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 | 214.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 34.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.9° / 274.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 45m / -19.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 280.63° / 3.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.07° / -4.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -28.61° / -0.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.