The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 27, 2103
Waning Gibbous
64.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:05 AM
11:56 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.0%
- Age
- 21.2 days
- Distance
- 369,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2231
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,500 km.
Exact values
For May 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 253.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.9° / 254.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 24m / -12.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 319.67° / 3.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.65° / -3.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -74.40° / 0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.