The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 27, 2191
Waxing Crescent
18.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:30 AM
12:27 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.4%
- Age
- 4.4 days
- Distance
- 403,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 3320
Events on this date
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Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 50.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.3° / 76.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 01m / 25.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 117.03° / 5.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.70° / -6.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 130.25° / 1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.