The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 27, 2186
Waxing Gibbous
71.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:22 PM
3:24 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.3%
- Age
- 8.7 days
- Distance
- 382,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3258
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 | 115.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.2° / 49.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 14m / 3.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 181.91° / 4.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.52° / -5.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 70.57° / -1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.4° |
| 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.