The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 27, 2054
Waning Gibbous
68.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:54 AM
11:26 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.3%
- Age
- 20.0 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1625
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,300 km.
Exact values
For May 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 248.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.1° / 255.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 09m / -14.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 315.31° / 1.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.02° / -1.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -68.79° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.