The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 27, 2122
Waning Gibbous
65.5% 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
12:58 AM
11:48 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.5%
- Age
- 21.3 days
- Distance
- 380,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2466
Events on this date
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Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 252.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.3° / 255.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 18m / -12.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 318.26° / 3.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.26° / -4.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -78.22° / 0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.5° |
| 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.