The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 27, 2041
Waning Crescent
6.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:39 AM
6:39 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.1%
- Age
- 27.2 days
- Distance
- 377,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1464
Events on this date
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Venus at greatest elongation
46° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
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Mars, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 6.2° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For May 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 331.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 151.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 62.7° / 193.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 25m / 13.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 38.34° / -0.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.14° / 1.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -147.21° / 0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.