The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 27, 2001
Waxing Crescent
25.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:29 AM
12:41 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.1%
- Age
- 4.6 days
- Distance
- 368,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 970
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,000 km.
Exact values
For May 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 60.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 119.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.5° / 75.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 38m / 21.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 126.44° / 2.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.42° / -2.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 119.46° / -0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.