The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 27, 2157
Waning Gibbous
88.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:39 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.6%
- Age
- 18.7 days
- Distance
- 383,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2899
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 219.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.5° / 264.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 12m / -25.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 286.27° / -2.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.97° / 4.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -44.81° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.1° |
| 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.