The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 27, 2022
Waning Crescent
7.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:37 AM
6:19 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.4%
- Age
- 26.8 days
- Distance
- 396,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1229
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 | 328.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 148.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 60.2° / 198.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 13m / 11.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 34.96° / -1.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.96° / 2.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -143.38° / 0.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.