The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 27, 2072
Waxing Gibbous
79.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:22 PM
3:37 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.5%
- Age
- 9.7 days
- Distance
- 373,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1848
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 | 126.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.6° / 44.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 52m / -3.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 193.25° / 2.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.42° / -2.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 56.76° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.