The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 21, 1946
Waning Gibbous
74.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:58 AM
10:23 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.5%
- Age
- 20.1 days
- Distance
- 397,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 289
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 | 240.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.5° / 252.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 15m / -23.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 300.76° / -3.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.31° / 4.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -67.05° / -0.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.6° |
| 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.