The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 27, 2160
Waning Gibbous
56.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:23 AM
12:48 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.1%
- Age
- 21.4 days
- Distance
- 403,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2936
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 | 263.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.1° / 253.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 02m / -6.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 330.05° / 4.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.78° / -6.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -85.81° / 0.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.