The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 21, 1965
Waning Gibbous
68.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:30 AM
11:03 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.3%
- Age
- 20.2 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 524
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 | 248.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.6° / 248.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 50m / -22.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 308.96° / -4.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.29° / 5.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -70.84° / -0.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.