The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 23, 2021
Waxing Gibbous
88.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:33 PM
4:29 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.5%
- Age
- 11.9 days
- Distance
- 362,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1217
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For May 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 140.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.0° / 26.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 32m / -5.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 203.19° / 3.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.08° / -4.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 34.92° / -0.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.