The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 27, 2039
Waxing Crescent
18.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:36 AM
12:12 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.1%
- Age
- 4.6 days
- Distance
- 400,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1440
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Uranus, and Venus gathered
All within 5.0° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For May 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 50.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.9° / 78.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 56m / 23.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 116.41° / 2.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.96° / -3.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 124.06° / -0.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.