The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 27, 2107
Waxing Crescent
30.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:22 AM
12:27 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.0%
- Age
- 4.9 days
- Distance
- 367,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2281
Events on this date
-
Venus and Uranus close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
-
Mars, Uranus, and Venus gathered
All within 1.4° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For May 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 66.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.9° / 79.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 52m / 12.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 132.06° / -5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.95° / 6.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 114.63° / -0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.