The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 21, 1986
Waxing Gibbous
92.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:24 PM
4:37 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.9%
- Age
- 12.7 days
- Distance
- 362,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 784
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 | 149.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.5° / 17.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 49m / -11.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 209.36° / 0.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.69° / 0.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 25.90° / 0.79° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.