The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 21, 1910
Waxing Gibbous
94.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:29 PM
3:59 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.3%
- Age
- 12.5 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -156
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,000 km.
Exact values
For May 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 152.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.7° / 35.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 03m / -10.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 212.24° / 2.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.39° / -2.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 28.40° / 0.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.