The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 27, 2085
Waxing Crescent
15.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
9:36 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.9%
- Age
- 4.1 days
- Distance
- 401,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2009
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 46.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.7° / 85.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 42m / 19.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 113.89° / -1.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.69° / 2.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 135.11° / 0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.