The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 27, 2052
Waning Crescent
1.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:39 AM
8:02 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.1%
- Age
- 28.5 days
- Distance
- 357,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1600
Events on this date
-
Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,500 km.
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Moon, Neptune, and Venus gathered
All within 5.1° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For May 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 348.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 168.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 63.4° / 154.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 38m / 15.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 55.86° / -3.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.94° / 4.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -169.68° / -1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 57.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.