The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 21, 1948
Waxing Gibbous
97.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:37 PM
5:16 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.9%
- Age
- 12.6 days
- Distance
- 379,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 314
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 | 163.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -65.8° / 348.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 45m / -15.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 223.65° / 0.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.59° / 0.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 21.33° / 0.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.