The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 21, 1963
Waning Crescent
3.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:27 AM
7:02 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.6%
- Age
- 27.8 days
- Distance
- 359,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 499
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,800 km.
Exact values
For May 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 338.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 59.2° / 175.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 31m / 9.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 38.60° / -4.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.90° / 6.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -159.47° / -1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 58.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.