The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 21, 1980
First Quarter
48.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:01 PM
2:07 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.8%
- Age
- 7.2 days
- Distance
- 400,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 710
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
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Jupiter, Mars, and Moon gathered
All within 4.7° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For May 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 88.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 91.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.8° / 64.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 06m / 12.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 149.23° / 0.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.21° / -0.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 95.75° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.