The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 27, 2198
Last Quarter
51.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:34 AM
1:18 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 51.2%
- Age
- 21.5 days
- Distance
- 387,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 3406
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For May 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 268.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 88.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 51.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.4° / 251.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 22m / -4.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 335.58° / 5.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.56° / -6.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -81.22° / -0.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.