The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 21, 1976
Waning Crescent
42.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:12 AM
2:03 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.5%
- Age
- 22.2 days
- Distance
- 399,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 660
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 | 278.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.2° / 244.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 37m / -3.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 339.47° / 4.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.63° / -5.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -93.27° / -0.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.