The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 21, 1987
Waning Crescent
33.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:12 AM
2:46 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.8%
- Age
- 23.6 days
- Distance
- 378,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 796
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 | 289.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.4° / 232.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 23m / -6.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 349.18° / -1.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.79° / 2.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -103.50° / 1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.