The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 21, 1970
Waning Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:00 PM
6:02 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 16.0 days
- Distance
- 374,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 586
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 | 186.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -63.2° / 291.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 16m / -26.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 246.86° / -5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.91° / 6.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -11.28° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 139.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.