The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 27, 2021
Waning Gibbous
97.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:43 PM
7:00 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.8%
- Age
- 15.9 days
- Distance
- 359,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1217
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 | 196.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.1° / 282.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 32m / -24.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 263.54° / -1.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.58° / 1.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -13.81° / -0.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.