The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 21, 1982
Waning Crescent
3.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:25 AM
7:02 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.6%
- Age
- 27.8 days
- Distance
- 364,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 734
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 | 338.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 59.5° / 175.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 32m / 10.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 38.92° / -4.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.76° / 6.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -163.28° / -1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 58.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.