The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 27, 2019
Waning Crescent
40.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:52 AM
2:03 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.9%
- Age
- 22.7 days
- Distance
- 403,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1192
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 280.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.2° / 236.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 18m / -9.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 346.75° / -4.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.58° / 6.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -102.23° / -1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.