The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 21, 1954
Waning Gibbous
86.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:59 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.9%
- Age
- 18.8 days
- Distance
- 392,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 388
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 222.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.5° / 264.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 55m / -23.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 282.59° / -0.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.70° / 0.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -48.45° / 1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.