The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 21, 1949
Waning Crescent
32.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:21 AM
2:51 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.7%
- Age
- 23.3 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 326
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 | 290.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.0° / 231.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 30m / -6.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 350.64° / -2.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.53° / 4.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -108.12° / 0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.