The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 21, 1985
Waxing Crescent
3.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:07 AM
10:52 PM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.0%
- Age
- 1.8 days
- Distance
- 398,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 772
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 19.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 51.2° / 98.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 16m / 25.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 80.20° / 2.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.35° / -3.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 155.53° / 0.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.