The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 21, 1913
Waning Gibbous
97.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:52 PM
5:43 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.5%
- Age
- 15.4 days
- Distance
- 382,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -119
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 | 197.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -66.0° / 292.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 05m / -27.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 257.76° / -4.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.83° / 6.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -12.56° / 1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.