The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 21, 1919
Waning Gibbous
63.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:06 AM
11:58 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.3%
- Age
- 21.4 days
- Distance
- 386,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -45
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 | 254.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.4° / 254.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 01m / -11.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 314.20° / 4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.27° / -6.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -81.88° / 0.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.