The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 21, 1905
Waning Gibbous
89.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:40 PM
7:52 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.5%
- Age
- 17.0 days
- Distance
- 375,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -218
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
25° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For May 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 217.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.8° / 283.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 32m / -19.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 277.57° / 4.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.91° / -5.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -31.14° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.