The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 21, 1938
Waning Gibbous
58.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:21 AM
12:28 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.5%
- Age
- 21.4 days
- Distance
- 399,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 190
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 | 260.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.5° / 252.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 24m / -9.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 320.22° / 5.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.37° / -6.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -85.66° / -0.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.