The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 21, 1900
Last Quarter
51.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:41 AM
12:05 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 51.8%
- Age
- 22.5 days
- Distance
- 370,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -280
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 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 268.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 87.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 51.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.7° / 259.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 54m / -7.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 328.22° / 5.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.82° / -6.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -90.78° / 0.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.