The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 27, 2138
Waning Gibbous
88.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:37 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.4%
- Age
- 18.5 days
- Distance
- 366,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2664
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 366,600 km.
Exact values
For May 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 219.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.5° / 263.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 12m / -25.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 286.19° / -3.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.89° / 4.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -41.00° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.