The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 21, 1933
Waning Crescent
7.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:21 AM
6:30 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.0%
- Age
- 26.9 days
- Distance
- 401,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 128
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 329.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 149.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 63.5° / 201.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 45m / 15.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 29.78° / 4.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.83° / -5.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -145.43° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.