The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 21, 1908
Waning Gibbous
64.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:32 AM
10:25 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.9%
- Age
- 21.1 days
- Distance
- 368,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -181
Events on this date
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Venus and Neptune close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 252.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.5° / 257.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 05m / -19.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 312.93° / -3.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.53° / 4.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -72.15° / -0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.