The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 21, 1951
Full Moon
99.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:59 PM
6:00 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 15.6 days
- Distance
- 358,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 351
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For May 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 186.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -63.5° / 292.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 12m / -26.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 245.87° / -4.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.73° / 6.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -7.47° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 142.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.