The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 21, 1984
Waning Gibbous
60.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:04 AM
11:54 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.4%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 400,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 759
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 | 258.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.1° / 244.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 32m / -19.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 318.92° / -5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.48° / 6.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -74.64° / -0.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.