The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 27, 2024
Waning Gibbous
81.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:25 AM
9:28 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.8%
- Age
- 19.5 days
- Distance
- 377,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1254
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 | 230.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.5° / 256.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 02m / -25.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 297.29° / -4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.25° / 6.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -54.82° / 1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.