The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 21, 1911
Last Quarter
46.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:47 AM
12:15 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.9%
- Age
- 22.8 days
- Distance
- 389,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -144
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For May 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 273.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.2° / 247.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 28m / -14.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 333.25° / -4.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.22° / 6.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -101.00° / 0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.