The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 21, 1968
Waning Crescent
26.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:33 AM
3:34 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.5%
- Age
- 24.0 days
- Distance
- 397,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 561
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 | 298.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 118.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.5° / 227.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 59m / -2.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 358.86° / -1.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.61° / 2.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -111.92° / 1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.