The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 21, 1945
Waxing Gibbous
75.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:40 PM
3:52 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.3%
- Age
- 9.8 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 277
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 120.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.4° / 42.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 10m / 4.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 180.64° / 5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.43° / -6.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 62.31° / -1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 296.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.