The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 27, 1999
Waxing Gibbous
93.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:26 PM
4:59 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.8%
- Age
- 12.2 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 945
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 | 151.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -59.2° / 9.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 27m / -9.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 217.41° / 4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.69° / -6.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 30.96° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 297.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.