The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 27, 2154
Full Moon
99.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:53 PM
5:55 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 15.1 days
- Distance
- 357,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 2862
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 356,900 km.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For May 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 184.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -64.3° / 294.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 34m / -25.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 250.64° / -3.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.01° / 5.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -3.83° / 1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 146.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.