The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 27, 2159
Waxing Gibbous
82.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:55 PM
3:16 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.2%
- Age
- 10.0 days
- Distance
- 393,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2924
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For May 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 130.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.8° / 49.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 52m / -11.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 196.42° / -5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.55° / 7.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 55.76° / 0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.