The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Last Quarter
54.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:46 AM
12:48 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.9%
- Age
- 22.2 days
- Distance
- 387,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1056
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For May 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 264.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 84.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.8° / 248.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 12m / -10.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 331.26° / 0.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.53° / -0.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -92.04° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.