The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 27, 2108
Waning Gibbous
92.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:15 PM
8:37 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.0%
- Age
- 16.6 days
- Distance
- 384,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2293
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For May 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 212.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 32.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.7° / 276.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 39m / -18.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 279.22° / 5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.97° / -6.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -27.00° / -1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.