The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 27, 2038
Waning Crescent
33.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:17 AM
2:52 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.0%
- Age
- 23.3 days
- Distance
- 403,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1427
Events on this date
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Venus and Neptune close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 290.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.4° / 231.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 55m / -5.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 356.57° / -5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.15° / 6.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -106.05° / -0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.