The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 21, 1983
Waxing Gibbous
72.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:24 PM
3:44 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.7%
- Age
- 8.9 days
- Distance
- 375,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 747
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 | 116.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.5° / 44.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 57m / 5.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 177.02° / 5.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.72° / -6.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 66.94° / -0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 296.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.