The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 27, 2027
Waning Gibbous
58.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:34 AM
12:23 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.9%
- Age
- 21.2 days
- Distance
- 402,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1291
Events on this date
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Uranus behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For May 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 259.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.6° / 250.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 52m / -11.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 326.06° / 1.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.72° / -0.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -83.61° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.