The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 21, 1935
Waning Gibbous
87.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:47 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.7%
- Age
- 18.8 days
- Distance
- 374,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 153
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 | 221.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.2° / 264.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 47m / -24.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 280.74° / -1.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.33° / 1.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -44.64° / 1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.