The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 27, 1997
Waning Gibbous
68.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:41 AM
11:27 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.7%
- Age
- 20.8 days
- Distance
- 370,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 920
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 248.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.0° / 257.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 04m / -13.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 314.51° / 3.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.47° / -3.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -69.63° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.3° |
| 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.