The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 27, 2043
Waning Gibbous
87.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:37 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.7%
- Age
- 18.5 days
- Distance
- 398,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1489
Events on this date
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Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 220.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.2° / 260.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 18m / -27.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 287.25° / -4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.20° / 6.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -46.41° / 1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.