The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 21, 2127
Waxing Gibbous
74.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:44 PM
3:19 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.3%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 369,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2528
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For May 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 118.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.3° / 49.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 57m / 0.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 179.21° / -0.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.70° / 0.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 54.50° / -1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.