The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 27, 2040
Waning Gibbous
98.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:43 PM
6:55 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.0%
- Age
- 16.5 days
- Distance
- 361,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1452
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,800 km.
Exact values
For May 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 196.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.0° / 282.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 30m / -25.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 263.29° / -1.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.86° / 2.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -17.61° / 0.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.