The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 27, 2015
Waxing Gibbous
68.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:07 PM
2:49 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.1%
- Age
- 9.5 days
- Distance
- 403,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1143
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 111.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.1° / 57.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 48m / 0.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 177.19° / -1.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.12° / 1.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 68.13° / -1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 25.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.