The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 27, 2053
Waxing Gibbous
79.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:19 PM
3:34 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.1%
- Age
- 9.5 days
- Distance
- 389,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1613
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 | 125.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.4° / 45.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 48m / -3.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 192.33° / 1.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.69° / -1.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 60.56° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.