The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 27, 2106
Waning Crescent
34.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:28 AM
2:57 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.5%
- Age
- 23.9 days
- Distance
- 385,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2268
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
23° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For May 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 288.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.7° / 241.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 32m / 1.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 354.27° / 4.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.08° / -5.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -115.48° / -0.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.