The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 27, 2016
Waning Gibbous
69.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:41 AM
11:21 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.6%
- Age
- 20.9 days
- Distance
- 383,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1155
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 | 247.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.1° / 257.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 02m / -13.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 313.86° / 2.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.28° / -3.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -73.43° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.