The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 21, 1960
Waning Crescent
13.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:15 AM
5:08 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.9%
- Age
- 25.8 days
- Distance
- 392,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 462
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 | 316.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 49.9° / 212.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 06m / 4.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 17.00° / -2.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.24° / 3.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -130.58° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.