The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 27, 2055
Waxing Crescent
1.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:13 AM
9:58 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.5%
- Age
- 1.1 days
- Distance
- 386,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1638
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 | 13.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 51.4° / 112.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 17m / 19.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 79.89° / -4.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.54° / 5.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 161.42° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.2° |
| 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.