The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 27, 2025
Waxing Crescent
0.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:04 AM
10:11 PM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.6%
- Age
- 0.5 days
- Distance
- 361,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1267
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 | 7.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 62.0° / 107.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 49m / 27.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 74.21° / 4.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.41° / -6.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 175.45° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 233.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.