The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 21, 1955
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:42 AM
8:57 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 29.1 days
- Distance
- 357,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 400
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
-
Mercury at greatest elongation
22° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,400 km.
Exact values
For May 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 357.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 176.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 65.8° / 133.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 36m / 21.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 56.87° / 2.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.89° / -3.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -178.15° / 0.71° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.