The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 21, 1943
Waning Gibbous
95.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:49 PM
7:55 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.5%
- Age
- 17.3 days
- Distance
- 365,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 252
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 | 204.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.3° / 282.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 34m / -19.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 263.90° / 4.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.42° / -4.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -26.06° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.