The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 27, 2179
Waning Gibbous
57.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:18 AM
12:41 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.3%
- Age
- 20.8 days
- Distance
- 399,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 3171
Events on this date
-
Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
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Jupiter and Saturn close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 261.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.8° / 253.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 54m / -7.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 328.10° / 5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.25° / -6.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -77.41° / 0.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.