The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 27, 2044
Waxing Crescent
0.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:02 AM
10:10 PM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.6%
- Age
- 0.5 days
- Distance
- 358,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1502
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
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Venus at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,400 km.
Exact values
For May 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 7.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 62.2° / 108.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 49m / 27.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 74.33° / 5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.66° / -6.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 171.65° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 232.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.