The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 27, 1996
Waxing Gibbous
70.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:22 PM
2:51 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.1%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 390,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 908
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 | 113.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.6° / 56.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 59m / -1.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 180.23° / -1.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.80° / 2.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 59.72° / -1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.