The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 27, 2168
Waning Gibbous
73.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:53 AM
10:46 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.0%
- Age
- 20.0 days
- Distance
- 402,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 3035
Events on this date
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
-
Moon, Neptune, and Saturn gathered
All within 3.0° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For May 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 242.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.9° / 254.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 51m / -19.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 309.77° / -2.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.49° / 2.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -67.20° / -1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.