The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 27, 2167
Waxing Gibbous
68.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:02 PM
3:14 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.4%
- Age
- 8.7 days
- Distance
- 397,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3023
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 | 111.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.2° / 51.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 58m / 4.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 177.86° / 3.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.66° / -4.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 74.36° / -1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.