The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 21, 1961
Waxing Crescent
40.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:14 PM
1:34 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.6%
- Age
- 7.0 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 475
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,300 km.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 78.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.7° / 69.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 26m / 13.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 139.34° / -1.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.43° / 1.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 99.55° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.