The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 27, 2013
Waning Gibbous
90.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:29 PM
8:43 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.8%
- Age
- 17.6 days
- Distance
- 360,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1118
Events on this date
-
Jupiter, Mercury, and Venus gathered
All within 2.4° of each other in the sky.
-
Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 215.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.2° / 274.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 49m / -18.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 281.61° / 4.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.84° / -5.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -32.41° / -0.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.