The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 27, 2081
Waning Gibbous
77.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:46 AM
10:11 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.1%
- Age
- 18.7 days
- Distance
- 399,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1959
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 237.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.6° / 255.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 31m / -22.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 304.37° / -3.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.48° / 5.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -53.99° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.