The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 27, 2093
Waxing Crescent
5.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:01 AM
11:02 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.4%
- Age
- 2.4 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 2108
Events on this date
-
Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
-
Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 4.1° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For May 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 26.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 153.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.4° / 97.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 16m / 21.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 93.79° / -2.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.10° / 3.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 153.78° / -1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.