The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 27, 2195
Waning Gibbous
88.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:50 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.1%
- Age
- 17.7 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3369
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 220.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.1° / 265.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 14m / -23.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 286.97° / -1.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.49° / 2.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -40.19° / 1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.2° |
| 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.