The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 27, 2152
Waning Crescent
38.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:03 AM
2:21 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.0%
- Age
- 22.9 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2837
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
23° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For May 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 284.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 103.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.3° / 235.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 35m / -8.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 350.98° / -4.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.20° / 6.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -104.47° / 0.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.