The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 21, 1973
Waning Gibbous
83.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:35 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.2%
- Age
- 18.8 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 623
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 | 228.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.6° / 262.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 21m / -21.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 288.94° / 0.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.60° / -0.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -52.23° / 0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.