The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 27, 2002
Waning Gibbous
98.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:28 PM
6:58 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.2%
- Age
- 15.2 days
- Distance
- 375,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 982
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For May 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 195.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.9° / 285.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 23m / -23.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 261.49° / -0.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.79° / 0.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -10.01° / -0.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.