The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 21, 1940
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:00 PM
6:25 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 14.2 days
- Distance
- 370,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 215
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For May 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 181.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 3.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -59.2° / 310.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 02m / -17.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 241.78° / 3.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.81° / -4.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 2.74° / -1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 31.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.