The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 27, 2178
Waxing Gibbous
83.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:06 PM
3:18 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.3%
- Age
- 10.1 days
- Distance
- 375,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3159
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 | 131.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.3° / 48.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 00m / -11.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 198.50° / -5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.46° / 6.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 51.97° / 0.71° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.