The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 27, 2048
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:11 PM
5:40 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 14.8 days
- Distance
- 357,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1551
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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Jupiter, Mercury, and Venus gathered
All within 1.6° of each other in the sky.
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,100 km.
Exact values
For May 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 178.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 2.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -66.4° / 308.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 12m / -23.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 245.29° / -2.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.91° / 2.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 0.99° / 0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 230.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.