The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 27, 2005
Waning Gibbous
80.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:31 AM
9:36 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.6%
- Age
- 19.3 days
- Distance
- 365,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1019
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 | 232.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.0° / 255.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 08m / -25.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 298.68° / -5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.29° / 6.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -51.02° / 1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.