The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 21, 1972
Waxing Gibbous
65.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:53 PM
2:41 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.9%
- Age
- 8.5 days
- Distance
- 398,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 611
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 | 108.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.8° / 59.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 14m / 0.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 169.11° / -3.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.32° / 5.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 77.14° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.