The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 21, 1944
Waning Crescent
0.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:05 AM
8:11 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.6%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 374,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 264
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 352.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 60.2° / 148.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 26m / 13.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 52.81° / -4.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.57° / 6.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -167.91° / -1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 41.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.