The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 27, 2073
Waning Gibbous
60.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:28 AM
12:12 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.6%
- Age
- 20.4 days
- Distance
- 396,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1860
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 | 257.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.6° / 250.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 49m / -13.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 324.94° / -0.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.35° / 0.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -72.59° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.