The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 27, 2069
First Quarter
48.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:15 PM
1:32 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.4%
- Age
- 6.9 days
- Distance
- 396,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 1811
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For May 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 88.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 91.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.7° / 71.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 20m / 5.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 155.01° / -4.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.88° / 6.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 97.79° / -0.64° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.