The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 27, 2061
Waxing Gibbous
65.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:45 PM
2:57 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.1%
- Age
- 8.2 days
- Distance
- 394,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1712
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 | 107.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.7° / 56.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 43m / 4.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 174.39° / 2.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.58° / -2.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 79.17° / 1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.