The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 27, 2007
Waxing Gibbous
83.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:57 PM
3:33 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.2%
- Age
- 10.9 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1044
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,400 km.
Exact values
For May 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 131.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.7° / 45.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 00m / -9.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 197.58° / -2.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.63° / 4.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 49.54° / 1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.