The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 27, 2173
Full Moon
99.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:52 PM
5:53 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 15.7 days
- Distance
- 365,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 3097
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For May 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 184.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -64.7° / 294.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 34m / -26.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 250.85° / -4.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.99° / 5.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -7.65° / 1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 149.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.