The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 21, 1907
Waxing Gibbous
61.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:10 PM
2:03 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.6%
- Age
- 9.3 days
- Distance
- 390,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -193
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 | 103.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.4° / 65.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 02m / 10.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 162.73° / 3.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.44° / -4.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 69.40° / -1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.