The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 21, 1918
Waxing Gibbous
83.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:56 PM
3:32 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.3%
- Age
- 11.1 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -57
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 | 131.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.4° / 44.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 35m / -9.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 191.68° / -4.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.04° / 6.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 47.50° / 0.66° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.