The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 21, 1930
Waning Crescent
40.7% 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
3:03 AM
1:58 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.7%
- Age
- 22.9 days
- Distance
- 400,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 91
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 | 280.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.0° / 234.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 55m / -11.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 340.71° / -4.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.28° / 5.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -104.31° / 0.74° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.