The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 21, 1962
Waning Gibbous
95.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:51 PM
7:57 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.3%
- Age
- 17.5 days
- Distance
- 384,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 487
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 | 204.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.1° / 281.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 39m / -19.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 264.95° / 3.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.54° / -4.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -29.85° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.