The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 21, 1906
Waning Crescent
2.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:37 AM
6:12 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.6%
- Age
- 28.0 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -206
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 342.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 161.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 59.1° / 198.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 44m / 10.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 41.98° / -5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.18° / 6.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -160.80° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 56.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.