The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 27, 2003
Waning Crescent
10.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:26 AM
5:40 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.8%
- Age
- 26.2 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 994
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 | 321.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 141.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 54.9° / 206.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 47m / 8.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 27.77° / -2.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.88° / 4.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -139.58° / 0.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.