The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 27, 2064
Waxing Gibbous
89.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:05 PM
3:44 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.5%
- Age
- 11.3 days
- Distance
- 365,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1749
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 365,300 km.
Exact values
For May 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 142.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -61.8° / 36.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 43m / -15.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 209.55° / -4.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.94° / 6.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 38.17° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.