The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 21, 1929
Waxing Gibbous
96.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:10 PM
5:11 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.7%
- Age
- 12.4 days
- Distance
- 398,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 79
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 | 159.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -63.8° / 356.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 29m / -13.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 219.28° / 1.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.51° / -1.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 25.13° / 0.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.