The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 21, 1917
Waxing Crescent
0.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:18 AM
8:51 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.6%
- Age
- 0.7 days
- Distance
- 386,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -69
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 8.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 69.6° / 135.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 24m / 24.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 68.27° / 2.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.18° / -3.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 176.72° / 1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.