The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 21, 1979
Waning Crescent
21.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:46 AM
4:09 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.5%
- Age
- 25.1 days
- Distance
- 372,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 697
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 | 304.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.9° / 222.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 21m / 0.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 4.95° / -1.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.01° / 2.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -122.16° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.