The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 21, 1964
Waxing Gibbous
80.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:17 PM
4:08 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.3%
- Age
- 9.8 days
- Distance
- 395,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 512
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 | 127.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.0° / 37.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 38m / 1.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 188.00° / 5.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.58° / -6.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 58.53° / -0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 296.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.