The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 21, 1958
Waxing Crescent
8.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:38 AM
11:19 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.5%
- Age
- 2.9 days
- Distance
- 388,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 438
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 | 33.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.5° / 95.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 15m / 18.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 93.56° / -4.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.20° / 6.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 140.68° / -0.74° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.