The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 21, 1914
Waning Crescent
10.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:08 AM
4:45 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.5%
- Age
- 26.2 days
- Distance
- 405,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -107
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 | 322.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 142.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 49.9° / 233.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 17m / 11.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 22.17° / 3.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.40° / -4.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -142.12° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.