The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 21, 1953
Waxing Gibbous
58.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:06 PM
2:26 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.6%
- Age
- 8.5 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 376
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,300 km.
Exact values
For May 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 99.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.4° / 62.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 42m / 5.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 160.10° / -2.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.57° / 4.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 80.93° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.