The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 27, 2026
Waxing Gibbous
87.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:40 PM
3:45 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.8%
- Age
- 10.8 days
- Distance
- 399,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1279
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 | 139.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -58.5° / 39.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 29m / -13.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 205.50° / -3.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.26° / 5.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 45.75° / 1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.