The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 21, 1975
Waxing Gibbous
84.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:04 PM
3:37 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.2%
- Age
- 10.4 days
- Distance
- 368,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 648
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 | 133.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.9° / 42.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 42m / -8.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 193.10° / -3.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.12° / 5.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 48.32° / 0.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.