The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 21, 1941
Waning Crescent
17.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:56 AM
4:38 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.7%
- Age
- 25.1 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 227
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 | 310.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 46.0° / 219.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 40m / 3.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 10.61° / -0.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.02° / 1.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -126.76° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.