The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 27, 2050
Waxing Crescent
40.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:29 PM
1:08 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.7%
- Age
- 6.8 days
- Distance
- 403,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1576
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For May 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 79.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.4° / 75.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 44m / 8.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 145.62° / -5.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.64° / 7.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 101.59° / -0.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.