The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 27, 2060
Waning Crescent
6.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:34 AM
6:40 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.3%
- Age
- 27.2 days
- Distance
- 362,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1699
Events on this date
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Saturn behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 362,100 km.
Exact values
For May 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 331.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 63.1° / 195.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 23m / 14.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 38.17° / 0.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.26° / 0.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -151.02° / 0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.