The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 27, 2127
Waning Gibbous
95.9% 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
10:39 PM
7:52 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.9%
- Age
- 16.2 days
- Distance
- 362,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2528
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For May 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 202.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.6° / 284.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 55m / -18.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 268.89° / 5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.69° / -6.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -18.60° / -1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.