The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 27, 2017
Waxing Crescent
5.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:06 AM
10:57 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.3%
- Age
- 1.8 days
- Distance
- 359,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 1168
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 | 26.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 153.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.4° / 100.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 12m / 19.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 92.89° / -4.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.87° / 5.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 156.78° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.